Scarlet Peacock Butterfly, Anartia amathea, South America, North America and the Caribbean. This is a male, thesimilarly patterned female being more o

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Scarlet Peacock Butterfly, Anartia amathea, South America, North America and the Caribbean. This is a male, thesimilarly patterned female being more orange. the white spots on the wings are matched by the while spots on the leaves of the plant it has settled on.

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Photo credit: © Trevor Smith / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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