Apatura
Encyclopedia
- As used for the Cracker butterflies by Illiger in 1807, Apatura has been officially rejected and is now Hamadryas.
Apatura is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of butterflies
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
commonly known as the emperors.
Species
Listed alphabetically.Moved to genus Chitoria
Chitoria
Chitoria is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found in Southeast Asia.-Species:Listed alphabetically.* Chitoria chrysolora * Chitoria cooperi * Chitoria fasciola...
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Chitoria sordida
The Sordid Emperor is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in tropical Asia.-Description:The males have the upperside of the fore wing darkening towards the apex, the apical two-thirds much darker brown, an oblique discal white band from interspace 6 to tornal angle formed of more or less...
(Moore, 1865) – Sordid Emperor now in Chitoria sordida
Chitoria sordida
The Sordid Emperor is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in tropical Asia.-Description:The males have the upperside of the fore wing darkening towards the apex, the apical two-thirds much darker brown, an oblique discal white band from interspace 6 to tornal angle formed of more or less...
Chitoria ulupi
The Tawny Emperor is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in tropical Asia.-Subspecies:*Chitoria ulupi ulupi *Chitoria ulupi dubernardi...
(Doherty, 1889) – Tawny Emperor now in Chitoria ulupi
Chitoria ulupi
The Tawny Emperor is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in tropical Asia.-Subspecies:*Chitoria ulupi ulupi *Chitoria ulupi dubernardi...
Moved to genus Mimathyma
Mimathyma
Mimathyma is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found in eastern and southern Asia.-Species:Listed alphabetically.* Mimathyma ambica – Indian Purple Emperor* Mimathyma chevana – Sargeant Emperor...
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Mimathyma ambica
The Indian Purple Emperor is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in Asia.-Male:Upperside brownish black; a broad white, inwardly oblique, discal band from vein 3 of the fore to vein 1 of the hind wing, this band bordered broadly on both sides by brilliant iridescent blue and meeting anteriorly...
(Kollar, 1844) – Indian Purple Emperor now in Mimathyma ambica
Mimathyma ambica
The Indian Purple Emperor is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in Asia.-Male:Upperside brownish black; a broad white, inwardly oblique, discal band from vein 3 of the fore to vein 1 of the hind wing, this band bordered broadly on both sides by brilliant iridescent blue and meeting anteriorly...
Further readings
- 1950. Le Moult (E.)Eugène Le MoultEugène Le Moult was a French naturalist and entomologist.He lived, for a long time, in Guyana where his father worked. Le Moult specialised in Lepidoptera. He was one of the most important insect dealer of his time...
, Révision de la classification des Apaturinae de l'Ancien Monde, supplement to
Miscellanea Entomologica
Miscellanea Entomologica was a French entomological scientific journal. It was originally published by Eugène Barthe and established in 1892.- Beginning :...
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Sciences Nat
Sciences Nat was the academic publisher specialising in entomology of the Societé Sciences Nat. The society was established in 1971 and based in the rue de la Mare in Paris. Three years later it moved to the rue des Alouettes and later to Venette near Compiègne...
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