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

Apaturinae
Asterocampa celtis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Apaturinae
Boisduval, 1840

Description

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Strikingly-coloured, with cryptic underwing. A distinguishing character of the subfamily is the green proboscis. [1]

Genera

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Apaturinae consists of 20 genera and shows separate distributions and uncommon host–plant associations. Most genera of this subfamily are found throughout South-East Asia and Africa, whereas the genera Doxocopa and Asterocampa are spread mainly in South America and North America.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "NYMPHALIDAE - NYMPHALID BUTTERFLIES". FAUNA Paraguay.
  2. ^ Ohshima, I., Tanikawa-Dodo, Y., Saigusa, T., Nishiyama, T., Kitani, M., Hasebe, M., & Mohri, H. (2010). Phylogeny, biogeography, and host–plant association in the subfamily Apaturinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) inferred from eight nuclear and seven mitochondrial genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 57(3), 1026-1036. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.09.018
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