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''Apatura'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
commonly known as the emperors.


Species

Listed alphabetically: * ''
Apatura ilia ''Apatura ilia'', the lesser purple emperor, is a species of butterfly native to most of Europe and east across the Palearctic. It is named for its similarity to the purple emperor butterfly. Description The wingspan is in the female and i ...
'' ( enis and Schiffermüller 1775) – lesser purple emperor * ''
Apatura iris ''Apatura iris'', the purple emperor, is a Palearctic butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Description Adults have dark brown wings with white bands and spots, and a small orange ring on each of the hindwings. Males have a wingspan of , an ...
'' (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 ''Chitoria fasciola'' is a species of nymphalid The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium ...
'' * '' Apatura sordida'' (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 forewing darkening towards the apex, the apical two-thirds much darker brown, an oblique ...
'' * '' Apatura ulupi'' (Doherty, 1889) – tawny emperor now in '' Chitoria ulupi'' * '' Apatura vietnamica'' Nguyen, 1979 now in ''
Chitoria vietnamica ''Chitoria'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found in Southeast Asia. Species Listed alphabetically (Funet):Mimathyma ''Mimathyma'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found in eastern and southern Asia. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1896. Species Listed alphabetically: * ''Mimathyma ambica ''Mimathyma ambica'', the Indian purpl ...
'': * '' Apatura ambica'' (Kollar, 1844) – Indian purple emperor now in ''
Mimathyma ambica ''Mimathyma ambica'', the Indian purple emperor, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Asia. Description Male Upperside brownish black; a broad white, inwardly oblique, discal band from vein 3 of the forewing to vein 1 of the hindwing ...
'' * '' 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


Further reading

* 1950. Le Moult (E.), 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 The first issue of ''Miscellanea Entomologica'' was published in a larger format (24 x ...
''. * 1971. Rigout (J.), Une ponte d''Apatura'' en captivité, ''Alexanor''. * 1976. Nguyen (T. H.), Les ''Apatura''. Polymorphisme et spéciation (Nymphalidae).
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 Venett ...
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* * Apaturinae Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius Nymphalidae genera {{Apaturinae-stub