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Emperors
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Emperors

Apaturinae

The Apaturinae are a subfamily of butterflies that includes many species commonly called emperors.

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21 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Hackberry Butterflies

genusAsterocampa

Purple Emperors

genusApatura

Doxocopa

genusDoxocopa

Hestina

genusHestina

Rohana

genusRohana

Timelaea

genusTimelaea

Mimathyma

genusMimathyma

Sephisa

genusSephisa

Euripus

genusEuripus

Chitoria

genusChitoria

Eulaceura

genusEulaceura

Hestinalis

genusHestinalis

Sasakia

genusSasakia

Helcyra

genusHelcyra

Herona

genusHerona

Dilipa

genusDilipa

Thaleropis

genusThaleropis

Euapatura

genusEuapatura

Apaturina

genusApaturina

Lelecella

genusLelecella

Apaturopsis

genusApaturopsis

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 134166.