Asterocampa celtis

Asterocampa celtis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Apaturinae
Genus: Asterocampa
Species: Asterocampa celtis
Subspecies: A. c. antonia – A. c. celtis – A. c. reinthali

Name

Asterocampa celtis (Boisduval & Leconte, 1835)

Type locality: Georgia.

Synonyms

• Apatura celtis Boisduval & Leconte, 1835
• Apatura celtis ab. alb. Strecker, 1878, Synon. Cat. Macrolep.: 145 (inv.), TL: Coalburg, West Virginia.
• Apatura celtis alba Wright, 1905, Butts. West Coast: 58
• Chlorippe celtis var. inornata Wolcott, 1916, Ent. News, 27: (97-99).

References

• Boisduval & Leconte, 1835, Hist. Lép. Am. Sept. (23-26): 210, (11-22): pl. 57 (1835), f. 1-4
• Friedlander, 1987, J. Res. Lep. 25 (4): 215–338.
• Gatrelle, R.R. 1999b. A comment on Friedlander’s Asterocampa (Nymphalidae, Apaturinae): designation of neotypes for A. celtis and A. clyton. The Taxonomic Report 1(5): 1–6. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Hackberry Emperor