''Chitoria ulupi'', the tawny emperor, 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-sized to large butterflies. Most species have ...

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

found in tropical

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Subspecies

*''Chitoria ulupi arakii'' (Naritomi) (Taiwan) *''Chitoria ulupi dubernardi'' (Oberthür) (western China: Yunnan) *''Chitoria ulupi fulva'' Leech, 1891 (Korea, eastern China, Sichuan) *''Chitoria ulupi kalaurica'' Tytler, 1926 (Burma) *''Chitoria ulupi tong'' Yoshino, 1997 (Guanxi) *''Chitoria ulupi ulupi'' (Doherty, 1889) (Assam, Manipur, Burma)

References

Apaturinae Butterflies described in 1889 Butterflies of Taiwan Taxa named by William Doherty {{nymphalidae-stub