Overview
Apaturinae is a of butterflies that includes many species commonly called "emperors".
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Taxonomy
The Subfamily Apaturinae is a member of the Family Nymphalidae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Apaturinae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Cohort: Myoglossata
- Superorder: Amphiesmenoptera
- Order: Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder: Heteroneura
- a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
- Family: Nymphalidae
- Brushfooted Butterflies
- Subfamily: Apaturinae - Emperors
- Family: Nymphalidae
- Brushfooted Butterflies
- Infraorder: Heteroneura
- a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
- Order: Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
- Superorder: Amphiesmenoptera
- Cohort: Myoglossata
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subfamily Apaturinae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (10): Antonia · Apaturina · Asterocampa · Cyrestis · Dichorragia · Doxocopa · Hestina · Sasakia · Sephisa · Stibochiona
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 64 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Apaturinae.
Genera
Antonia
Apaturina
Apaturina is a of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. One example is the turquoise emperor, found in New Guinea. [more]
Asterocampa
Asterocampa is a of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. [more]
Cyrestis
Dichorragia
Doxocopa
Doxocopa is a of neotropical butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Apaturinae. [more]
Hestina
Hestina is a of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. [more]
Sasakia
Sasakia is a of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. [more]
Sephisa
Sephisa is a of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. [more]
Stibochiona
At least 10 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Stibochiona.
More info about the Genus Stibochiona may be found here.
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