''Anartia chrysopelea'', the Cuban peacock or Caribbean peacock, is a species of

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

generally only found in

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

, although stray specimens have been encountered in

Monroe County, Florida Monroe County is a county in the state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 82,874. Its county seat is Key West. Monroe County includes the islands of the Florida Keys and comprises the Key West Micropolitan Statistical Area. ...

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Protein sequencing"''Anartia'' Hübner, [1819]"
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at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Anartia Insects of Cuba Endemic fauna of Cuba Taxa named by Jacob Hübner Butterflies described in 1831 {{Nymphalinae-stub