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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Emperors (Apaturinae) » Apaturini » Asterocampa » Tawny Emperor - Hodges#4562.1 (Asterocampa clyton) » Texas Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton texana)
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Butterfly ID please . . . - Asterocampa clyton - female
Copyright © 2008 Lisa M. Reid

Butterfly ID please . . . - Asterocampa clyton - Female
La Porte, Harris County, Texas, USA
September 2, 2008
We found this butterfly today and I've looked and looked and can't find anything that looks like it on the internet. Any ideas? Thanks!

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Butterfly ID please . . . - Asterocampa clyton - female Butterfly ID please . . . - Asterocampa clyton - female Butterfly ID please . . . - Asterocampa clyton - female
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Contributed by Lisa M. Reid on 2 September, 2008 - 9:05pm
Last updated 9 October, 2012 - 10:29pm

Moved
Moved from Tawny Emperor.
… David J. Ferguson, 9 October, 2012 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

Last move for a while I hope - sorry about the goof
on my part.

Moved from Texas Tawny Emporer.
… David J. Ferguson, 4 September, 2008 - 1:04am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Empress Louisa.
… Jason D. Roberts, 3 September, 2008 - 7:42pm login or register to post comments

 
flora
It appears that those from near Houston are traditionally called "flora". However, the name "texana" was described from near Corpus Christi, and it has been synonymized with "subpallida" described from Arizona. So, the names are a bit confusing, and the adults are variable. Regardless, this isn't louisa. Next time I'll make sure to double check which photos I have tagged before I move them all. Thanks J.D.
… David J. Ferguson, 4 September, 2008 - 1:00am login or register to post comments

 
No worries
No worries
… Jason D. Roberts, 4 September, 2008 - 7:23am login or register to post comments

oops
Believe it or not, I moved this group by accident. I'll leave it here for now, but wanted to wait and find out for sure if it was louisa or another subspecies that is found in the Houston area. I can't tell for sure from the underside which these are, and I don't know where the transition from one to another takes place.

Moved from Asterocampa.
… David J. Ferguson, 3 September, 2008 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

Tawny Emperor
It's a female of Asterocampa clyton. It is probably subspecies louisa.
… David J. Ferguson, 2 September, 2008 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Yep,
that would be it! Thanks so much! I can't stand not knowing what something is, so I look or ask until I find the answer (my kids are the same way). Thanks again!
… Lisa M. Reid, 3 September, 2008 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

 
I'm exactly
the same way.
… David J. Ferguson, 3 September, 2008 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

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