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Uploaded Oct 6, 2014. Captured Aug 15, 2014 12:15 in Tucker Valley Road, Trinidad and Tobago.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/29802266@N07/3915140694
Do you think it could be this white peacock?
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/t/Anartia_jatrophae_a.htm Posted 10 years ago
It does look very much like the white peacock (adults are very common in my area) however the (few) images I have found such as
http://bugguide.net/node/view/801151/bgimage
show some differences, the white peacock has redder spines and the antennae are shorter and less curved.
This could be due to different development stages or this might be the caterpillar of the red peacock
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/t/Anartia_a_amathea_a.htm
but I have been unable to find images of red peacock caterpillars. Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
http://bugguide.net/node/view/366889
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/anartia_jatrophae_luteipicta_immatures.htm Posted 10 years ago