Antillean Crescent (Antillea pelops)

Antillea pelops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Antillea
Species:	A. pelops
Binomial name
Antillea pelops (Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
Papilio pelops Drury, [1773] Argynnis pygmaea Godart, 1819 Papilio aegon Fabricius, 1781 (preocc. Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Erycina aedon Godart, [1824]

Antillea pelops is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Caribbean, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Montserrat and Saint Kitts.

The length of the forewings is 10–12 mm for males and 11–13 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Blechum pyramidatum and Justicia comata.

• A. p. pelops
• A. p. anacaona (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) (Cuba)
• A. p. pygmaea (Godart, 1819) (Jamaica)

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• "Antillea Higgins, [1959]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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