This butterfly was having problems and was on the ground unable to fly. I let it climb onto my hand, and I placed it on the schrub. I checked the next day and it was still there but had died.
Anartia jatrophae, the white peacock, is a species of butterfly found in the southeastern United States, Central America, and throughout much of South America.
The males of the species display a unique territorial behavior, in which they stake out a territory typically 15 meters in diameter that contains larval host plants. They perch in this area and aggressively protect it from other insects and other male white peacocks
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