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Species Asterocampa leilia - Empress Leilia - Hodges#4561

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Empress Leilia - Hodges#4561 - Asterocampa leilia - male

Empress Leilia - Asterocampa leilia - male

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Subfamily Apaturinae (Emperors)

Tribe Apaturini

Genus Asterocampa

Species leilia (Empress Leilia - Hodges#4561)

Hodges Number

4561

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orig. Comb: Apatura Leilia W. H. Edwards, 1874

Identification

Distinguished from Hackberry Emperor by the present of two solid cell bars and two submarginal eyespots on the forewings. Perches on the ground more often than conspecifics which overlap its range. Tawny Emperor also shows two solid cell bars, but lacks the marginal eyespots on the FW.

Range

AZ, c. to s. TX / Mex. - Map - MPG

Season

Mostly: Jul-Nov - MPG

Remarks

Type Locality: “"Camp Lowell and Sonoto [sic!] Valley, Arizona" [Sonoita Valley, Santa Cruz County]

Internet References

Moth Photographers Guide - MPG

Butterflies and Moths of America - BOA

Contributed by Joel Kits on 13 March, 2005 - 3:26pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 31 December, 2020 - 10:45am

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