Anartia amathea

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

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|image = Scarlet peacock (Anartia amathea) male.JPG

|image_caption = Male, Tobago

|image2 = Scarlet peacock (Anartia amalthea) female.jpg

|image2_caption = Female, Trinidad

|taxon = Anartia amathea

|authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Anartia amathea, the brown peacock (scarlet peacock, red peacock), is a species of nymphalid butterfly, found primarily in South America. This butterfly is very similar to the banded peacock or Anartia fatima, which primarily exists north of the range of Anartia amathea. The type locality is probably Suriname, and the species is found from Panama to Argentina; Grenada, Barbados and Antigua. It consumes nectar. It is reported as common in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, the Brazilian highlands, the eastern Amazon, the Guianas, Venezuela, and Panama, as well as Trinidad and other Caribbean islands. North American records are either in error or refer to strays.{{cite web|url= https://sta.uwi.edu/fst/lifesciences/sites/default/files/lifesciences/images/Anartia%20amathea%20-%20Scarlet%20Peacock%20Butterfly.pdf|title=Anartia amathea|publisher=Online Guide to the Animals of Trinidad and Tobago|pages=1–6|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}

Larval host plants are mostly undetermined, but these include the families Acanthaceae and Labiatae.

File:Anartia amathea MHNT dos.jpg|Anartia amathea, dorsal view (MHNT)

File:Anartia amathea MHNT ventre.jpg|Anartia amathea, ventral view (MHNT)

File:Scarlet peacock (Anartia amathea) male underside Tr.JPG|Male, underside, Trinidad

File:Scarlet_peacock_(Anartia_amathea)_female_underside.JPG|Female, underside, Trinidad