Apatura
- As used for the Cracker butterflies by Illiger in 1807, Apatura has been officially rejected and is now Hamadryas.
| Apaturina | |
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| Lesser Purple Emperor | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Division: | Rhopalocera |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Apaturinae |
| Genus: | Apatura Fabricius, 1807 |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Apatura is a genus of butterflies commonly known as the emperors.
Purple Emperors (Apatura iris) and Lesser Purple Emperors (Apatura ilia) eat moisture on the body of a dead Common Frog (Rana temporaria), Ukraine
Species
Listed alphabetically.[1]
- 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 – Sargeant Emperor now in Mimathyma chevana
- Apatura nycteis Ménétriès, 1859 now in Mimathyma nycteis
- Apatura schrenckii Ménétriès, 1858 – Schrenck’s Emperor now in Mimathyma schrenckii
Further reading
- 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.
References
External links
Media related to Apatura at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Apatura at Wikispecies