Video of White peacock butterfly taken by RGVCTMN 2017 class member, Phillip Dodson.
nartia jatrophae (white peacock) is a species of butterfly found in the southeastern United States, Central America, and throughout much of South America.
The males of the species display a unique territorial behavior, in which they stake out a territory typically 15 meters in diameter that contains larval host plants. They perch in this area and aggressively protect it from other insects and other male white peacocks