''Sasakia'' 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 ...
in the subfamily
Apaturinae
The Apaturinae are a subfamily of butterflies that includes many species commonly called emperors.
Description
Strikingly-coloured, with cryptic underwing. A distinguishing character of the subfamily is the green proboscis.
Agathina emperor ( ...
of the family
Nymphalidae
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 a re ...
.
Species
*''
Sasakia charonda''
(Hewitson, 1863)
*''
Sasakia funebris
''Sasakia'' is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Apaturinae of the family Nymphalidae.
Species
*''Sasakia charonda
''Sasakia charonda'', the Japanese emperor or great purple emperor, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalida ...
''
(Leech, 1891) – empress
*''
Sasakia pulcherrima
''Sasakia'' is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Apaturinae of the family Nymphalidae.
Species
*''Sasakia charonda'' (Hewitson, 1863)
*''Sasakia funebris
''Sasakia'' is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Apaturinae of the family ...
''
Chou & Li
References
External links
"''Sasakia'' Moore, [1896]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
896]"">"''Sasakia'' Moore, [1896]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Apaturinae
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at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Apaturinae
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
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