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Purple Emperor
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Purple Emperor

Apatura iris

Apatura iris, the purple emperor, is a Eurasian butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.

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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 343324.