Asterocampa
Asterocampa, commonly called hackberry butterflies or American emperors, is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found mainly in North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Asterocampa | |
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Asterocampa celtis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Apaturinae |
Genus: | Asterocampa Röber, 1916 |
Species | |
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Species
The celtis species group:
- Asterocampa celtis (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1835) – hackberry emperor
- Asterocampa leilia (Edwards, 1874) – Empress Leilia or desert hackberry
The clyton species group:
- Asterocampa clyton (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1835) – tawny emperor
- Asterocampa idyja (Geyer, 1828) – dusky emperor
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