Doxocopa laurentia
| Doxocopa laurentia | |
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| Doxocopa laurentia from Brazil. Male | |
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| Doxocopa laurentia from Brazil. Female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Apaturinae |
| Genus: | Doxocopa |
| Species: | D. laurentia |
| Binomial name | |
| Doxocopa laurentia (Godart, [1824]) | |
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Doxocopa laurentia, common name Turquoise Emperor or Cherubina Emperor, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.
Description
Doxocopa laurentia has a wingspan reaching about 75 millimetres (3.0 in). The uppersides of the wings is brown, with a broad metallic blue central band in males, while in the females this band is usually white, with a broad orange patch on the top of the forewings. The undersides of the wings are yellowish or greyish, with black markings on the forewings.
Distribution
This species occurs in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.
Subspecies
- Doxocopa laurentia laurentia (Brazil)
- Doxocopa laurentia cherubina (C. & R. Felder, 1867) (Central America, Colombia, Bolivia and Peru).
- Doxocopa laurentia thalysia (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Ecuador)
Gallery
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Doxocopa laurentia cherubina from Peru. Mounted specimen
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Doxocopa laurentia from Brazil. Ventral view