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. Larval host plants are mostly undetermined, but these include the families Acanthaceae and Labiatae. ''Anartia amathea'', dorsal view ([[MHNT]]) ''Anartia amathea'', ventral view (MHNT) Male, underside, [[Trinidad]] Female, underside, Trinidad
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Anartia amathea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens51
BINs2
Marker genes11
eDNA detections42
Countries6
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus26 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 97% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 19 variable positions, in barcode order
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.
Diversity (π)1.3%
Haplotypes4
BINs2
Most divergent pair2.9%
S.America
Closest relatives by DNA barcode
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin32.6 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type11 255 records
Wild obs. + sensor10 099
Museum / vouchered919
Other237
Origin
Native25
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO19 344 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy83% within 1 km
≤100 m 4 389≤1 km 2 423≤10 km 995>10 km 402
8 209 georeferenced · 1 890 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor10 099
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy44% within 1 km
≤100 m 159≤1 km 124≤10 km 153>10 km 206
642 georeferenced · 277 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence919
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions14 of 41 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Caja de Compensación Familiar - Comfenalco Antioquialocation not on record
246
UNICAMPlocation not on record
91
Cambridge, US
88
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
61
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
41
Grupo Prodecolocation not on record
40
Ciudad de México, MX
30
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
22
The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobagolocation not on record
21
New Haven, US
19
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record
19
Universidad de los Llanos (UniLlanos)location not on record
17
PUC-RSlocation not on record
17
Tapachula, MX
17
MZLUlocation not on record
14
Ciudad de México, MX
12
Tartu, EE
11
Universidad del Valle (UniValle)location not on record
10
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
10
Auckland, NZ
10
Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (UTCH)location not on record
10
Jardín Botánico Del Quindío (JBQ)location not on record
8
Blacksburg, US
7
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
4
Universidad del Magdalena (UniMagdalena)location not on record
3
University of Memphislocation not on record
2
Universidad del Atlántico (UniAtlantico)location not on record
2
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
2
Universidad de Pamplona (UPamplona)location not on record
1
Alcaldía Municipal de Garzón en Huilalocation not on record
1
Cape Town, ZA
1
Ambiental Consultores y Cía Ltda.location not on record
1
University, National Zoological Collection of Surinamelocation not on record
1
Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museumlocation not on record
1
Wuzhou, CN
1
Brussels, BE
1
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
1
University Park, US
1
Universidad del Quindío (UniQuindío)location not on record
1
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record
1
Helsinki, FI
1
41 institutions · 847 of 919 vouchered records shown · 69 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA42 detections
Where the DNA of Anartia amathea was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found42
Studies independent surveys1
Countries6
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 42 detections have coordinates
Open the map6 countries0
1. Forest & Woodland|1.6. Subtropical/Tropic…
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median23.8 °C 16.7–26.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter9.80 °C
Max temp (day)27.2 °C 20.4–29.9
Min temp (night)20.6 °C 12.5–23.0
Precipitation159 mm/mo 98.0–203
Air humidity62.2 % 58.6–71.3
Moisture balance16.6 mm/mo -54.3–84.8
Vapour deficit1,112 Pa 678–1,283
Wind speed2.40 m/s 1.70–4.00
Cloud cover31.5 % 23.7–54.1
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 30 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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