Apatura

Apatura

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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: Apatura
Species: A. bieti – A. ilia – A. iris – A. laverna – A. metis

Name

Apatura Fabricius, 1807

Type species: Papilio iris Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

• Aeola Billberg, 1820
• Apaturia Sodoffsky, 1837
• Potamis Hübner, 1806

References

• Lee, S.-M. & Takakura, T. 1981. On a New Subspecies of the Purple Emperor, Apatura iris (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), from the Republic of Korea. Tyô to Ga 31(3-4): 133–141. DOI: 10.18984/lepid.31.3-4_133 Archive Reference page. 
• Masui, A., Bozano, G.C. & Floriani, A. 2011. Nymphalidae Part 4 (Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region): Subfamily Apaturinae: 1–82. ISBN: 978-88-87989-14-4 Reference page. 
• Lang, S.-Y. 2012. The Nymphalidae of China (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Part I. Libytheinae, Danainae, Calinaginae, Morphinae, Heliconninae, Nymphalinae, Charaxinae, Apaturinae, Cyrestinae, Biblidinae, Limenitinae. Pardubice, Czech Republic: Tshikolovets Publications, 456 pp., 41+4+28 pls. ISBN 978-80-904900-1-7. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Emperors
français: Mars

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