''Anaea troglodyta'', the Florida leafwing, Portia or Florida goatweed butterfly, is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

of the family

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. It is found in southern

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and on many islands of the

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. In

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, it is known as the Jamaican tropical leafwing and in the

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and

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it is known as the Cuban red leaf. The

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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'' and '' Croton linearis''. Adults feed on rotting fruit, dung and fluids. Although over 230 species have been included in the genus ''Anaea'', Gerardo Lamas (2004) considers all ''Anaea'' populations to represent a single species, ''Anaea troglodyta'' (Fabricius 1775).

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, Grand Cayman)R. R. Askew and P. A. van B. Stafford, ''Butterflies of the Cayman Islands'' (Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2008) , pp. 36-37 *''Anaea troglodyta borinquenalis'' (Puerto Rico) *''Anaea troglodyta minor'' (St. Kitts, Antigua, Montserrat, St. Christopher, Guadeloupe) *''Anaea troglodyta floridalis'' (Florida) *''Anaea troglodyta portia'' (Jamaica) Cuban red leaf (Anaea troglodyta cubana) underside.JPG, ''A. t. cubana'', underside Anaea troglodyta (Fabricius, 1775).jpg, ''Anaea troglodyta'' (Fabricius, 1775), underside

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Anaeini Butterflies of Central America Butterflies described in 1775 Butterflies of Jamaica Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius Lepidoptera of Mexico Lepidoptera of the United States {{Charaxinae-stub

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