Apatura
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| Apatura | |
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| Lesser purple emperor | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Apaturinae |
| Genus: | Apatura Fabricius, 1807 |
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Apatura is a genus of butterflies commonly known as the emperors.
Species
[edit | edit source]Listed alphabetically:[2]
- Apatura ilia ([Denis and Schiffermüller], 1775) – lesser purple emperor
- Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758) – purple emperor
- Apatura laverna Leech, 1893
- Apatura metis Freyer, 1829 – Freyer's purple emperor
Moved to genus Chitoria:
- Apatura fasciola (Leech, 1890) now in Chitoria fasciola
- Apatura sordida (Moore, 1865) – sordid emperor now in Chitoria sordida
- Apatura ulupi (Doherty, 1889) – tawny emperor now in Chitoria ulupi
- Apatura vietnamica Nguyen, 1979 now in Chitoria vietnamica
Moved to genus Mimathyma:
- Apatura ambica (Kollar, 1844) – Indian purple emperor now in Mimathyma ambica
- Apatura chevana Moore 1865 – sergeant emperor now in Mimathyma chevana
- Apatura nycteis Ménétriès, 1859 now in Mimathyma nycteis
- Apatura schrenckii Ménétriès, 1858 – Schrenck's emperor now in Mimathyma schrenckii
References
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- 1950. Le Moult (E.), Révision de la classification des Apaturinae de l'Ancien Monde, supplement to Miscellanea Entomologica.
- 1971. Rigout (J.), Une ponte d'Apatura en captivité, Alexanor.
- 1976. Nguyen (T. H.), Les Apatura. Polymorphisme et spéciation (Nymphalidae). Sciences Nat.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Images representing Apatura at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Apatura at Wikispecies
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