Apaturinae | |
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Asterocampa celtis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Apaturinae |
The Apaturinae are a subfamily of butterflies that includes many species commonly called emperors.
Strikingly-coloured, with cryptic underwing. A distinguishing character of the subfamily is the green proboscis. [1]
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]