Apatura

Apatura is a genus of butterflies commonly known as the emperors.

Species

Listed alphabetically:

• Apatura ilia <small>([Denis and Schiffermüller], 1775)</small> – lesser purple emperor
• Apatura iris <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> – purple emperor
• Apatura laverna <small>Leech, 1893</small>
• Apatura metis <small>Freyer, 1829</small> – Freyer's purple emperor

Moved to genus Chitoria:

• Apatura fasciola <small>(Leech, 1890)</small> now in Chitoria fasciola
• Apatura sordida <small>(Moore, 1865)</small> – sordid emperor now in Chitoria sordida
• Apatura ulupi <small>(Doherty, 1889)</small> – tawny emperor now in Chitoria ulupi
• Apatura vietnamica <small>Nguyen, 1979</small> now in Chitoria vietnamica

Moved to genus Mimathyma:

• Apatura ambica <small>(Kollar, 1844)</small> – Indian purple emperor now in Mimathyma ambica
• Apatura chevana <small>Moore 1865</small> – sergeant emperor now in Mimathyma chevana
• Apatura nycteis <small>Ménétriès, 1859</small> now in Mimathyma nycteis
• Apatura schrenckii <small>Ménétriès, 1858</small> – Schrenck's emperor now in Mimathyma schrenckii

References

Further reading

• 1950. Le Moult (E.), Révision de la classification des Apaturinae de l'Ancien Monde, supplement to Miscellanea Entomologica.
• 1971. Rigout (J.), Une ponte dApatura en captivité, Alexanor.
• 1976. Nguyen (T. H.), Les Apatura. Polymorphisme et spéciation (Nymphalidae). Sciences Nat.

External links

• Images representing Apatura at Consortium for the Barcode of Life