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The Florida Leafwing, Portia or Florida Goatweed Butterfly (''Anaea troglodyta'') is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Southern Florida and on many islands of the Caribbean. In Jamaica, it is known as the Jamaican Tropical Leafwing. The wingspan is . Adults are on wing from October to April (dry season form) and from May to October (wet season form). The larvae feed on ''Croton cascarilla''. Adults feed on rotting fruit, dung and fluids. Although over 230 species have been included in the genus ''Anaea'', Lamas (2004) considers all ''Anaea'' populations to represent a single species, ''Anaea troglodyta'' (Fabricius 1775).〔Lamas G ed. (2004) ''Checklistof Neotropical Butterflies : Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea''. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.〕 ==Subspecies== Some authors list the following subspecies, while others treat (most) as valid species or even synonyms: *''Anaea troglodyta troglodyte'' *''Anaea troglodyta astina'' (described from St. Thomas) *''Anaea troglodyta aidea'' (Arizona, Mexico to Costa Rica) *''Anaea troglodyta andria'' (Mexico, from Texas to Nebraska and to West Virginia to Georgia and Florida) *''Anaea troglodyta cubana'' (Cuba) *''Anaea troglodyta borinquenalis'' (Puerto Rico) *''Anaea troglodyta minor'' (St. Kitts, Antigua, Montserrat, St. Christopher, Guadeloupe) *''Anaea troglodyta floridalis'' (Florida) *''Anaea troglodyta portia'' (Jamaica) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anaea troglodyta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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