Although the white peacock butterfly has been spotted in the Conservancy Butterfly Garden, it has been a rare occassion. The white peacock prefers weedy fields.

Adults usually fly within a few feet of the ground and land to feed on low-growing vegetation.

The coloration of the adult is white with bluish hue. Margins of the fore and hindwing are bordered with orange and brown ribbing. There is a black spot on each forewing and two black spots on each hind wing.

Females are larger and have broader wings than the males. They lay their pale yellow eggs singly on a variety of host plants including fog fruit (Lippia incisa) and water hyssop (Bacopa monniera). Fog fruit is found in the Conservancy gardens.

Caterpillars are charcoal gray with small silvery white spots and orange and black, branched spines.

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Links:

Index to Butterfly and Moth Visitors to Gardens

Index To Photographs of Plants in the Gardens

Plant Lists by Garden

Conservancy of SW Florida Butterfly Garden Home Page

Conservancy of SW Florida Home Page.

Please report errors to Susan Snyder at ssnyder2@columbus.rr.com