Asterocampa
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| Asterocampa | |
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| Asterocampa celtis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Apaturinae |
| Genus: | Asterocampa Röber, 1916 |
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Asterocampa, commonly called hackberry butterflies or American emperors, is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found mainly in North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Species
[edit | edit source]The celtis species group:
- Asterocampa celtis (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1835) – hackberry emperor
- Asterocampa leilia (Edwards, 1874) – Empress Leilia or desert hackberry
The clyton species group:
- Asterocampa clyton (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1835) – tawny emperor
- Asterocampa idyja (Geyer, 1828) – dusky emperor
External links
[edit | edit source]- "Asterocampa Röber, 1916" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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