Goatweed Leafwing
Anaea andria Scudder, 1875
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Charaxinae
Identification: Underside looks like a dead leaf. Male summer form is dull red with a barely hooked forewing tip, and a short tail on the hindwing. Male winter form is redder with more dark markings, a definitely hooked forewing tip, and a longer tail than the summer form. Both female forms are lighter red and have an irregular yellow submarginal band. The winter female form has hooked forewing tips.
Wing Span: 2 3/8 - 3 1/4 inches (6 - 8.2 cm).
Life History: Flight is swift, strong, and erratic. Males perch in clearings or on ridgetops to wait for females. Eggs are laid singly under host plant leaves; caterpillars eat leaves. A caterpillar changes shelters as it grows: first it perches on a leaf midvein, then lives in the shelter of a folded leaf, and finally rests in a rolled-up leaf. Adults hibernate, then mate in the spring.
Flight: The winter form flies from August-May, the summer form from July-August.
Caterpillar Hosts: Goatweed (Croton capitatum), Texas croton (C. texensis), and prairie tea (C. monanthogynus); all in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae).
Adult Food: Sap, rotting fruit, dung, bird droppings.
Habitat: Deciduous woods and scrub, especially along waterways; open fields, roadsides, railroad tracks, and other places.
Range: Eastern Wyoming and eastern Colorado south to New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas; east to Michigan, South Carolina, Virginia, and the Gulf States.
Conservation: Not usually of conservation concern.
NCGR: G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
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Observation date: Sep 05, 2021
Submitted by: blablancwilis
Region: Douglas County, Kansas, United States
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Region: New Mexico, United States
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Region: Bell County, Texas, United States
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Verified date: Jul 25, 2021
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Region: Bell County, Texas, United States
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Region: Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States
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Observation date: Jun 15, 2021
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Region: Bexar County, Texas, United States
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Verified date: Jun 26, 2021
Observation date: May 27, 2021
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Region: Greene County, Missouri, United States
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Verified date: Jun 13, 2021
Observation date: Mar 28, 2021
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Region: Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States
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Verified date: May 15, 2021
Observation date: Apr 09, 2021
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Region: Johnson County, Illinois, United States
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Verified date: Apr 10, 2021
Observation date: Mar 28, 2021
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe (Ron Ahle)
Region: Aiken County, South Carolina, United States
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Verified date: Apr 07, 2021
Observation date: Mar 16, 2021
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Region: Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States
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Verified date: Mar 18, 2021
Observation date: Apr 17, 2020
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Region: Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States
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Verified date: Jan 28, 2021
Observation date: Mar 24, 2020
Submitted by: naturephotographer
Region: Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States
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Verified date: Jan 28, 2021
Observation date: May 07, 2017
Submitted by: Taylor0861
Region: Van Buren County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: Eric Wood
Verified date: Dec 16, 2020
Observation date: Jul 25, 2018
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Region: Keya Paha County, Nebraska, United States
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Verified date: Dec 04, 2020
Observation date: Aug 19, 2020
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Region: Mississippi, United States
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Verified date: Sep 15, 2020
Observation date: Aug 16, 2020
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Region: Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States
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Verified date: Aug 27, 2020
Observation date: Jul 12, 2020
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Region: Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States
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Observation date: Mar 25, 2020
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Region: Grant County, New Mexico, United States
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Verified date: Jul 09, 2020
Observation date: May 06, 2018
Submitted by: schaarschmidt
Region: Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States
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Verified date: Jul 04, 2020
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