Apaturinae
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The Apaturinae are a subfamily of butterflies that includes many species commonly called emperors.
Description
Strikingly-coloured, with cryptic underwing. A distinguishing character of the subfamily is the green proboscis.
- Doxocopa agathina with green proboscis
Genera
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.
- Apatura
- Apaturina
- Apaturopsis
- Asterocampa
- Chitoria
- Dilipa
- Doxocopa
- Euapatura
- Eulaceura
- Euripus
- Helcyra
- Herona
- Hestina
- Hestinalis
- Mimathyma
- Rohana
- Sasakia
- Sephisa
- Thaleropis
- Timelaea
External links
- List of North American species with images.
- Images. In Japanese but with binomial names.