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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

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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 - 9:07pm
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

See first photo for explanation of all the moves.
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

 
Aha!
That clears up the situation. Thanks JD!
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 3 September, 2008 - 10:49pm login or register to post comments

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

Asterocampa
This is one of the Emperors in the genus Asterocampa. I would call it A. clyton, Tawny Emperor, but am not quite clear on the situation between that and A. louisa, Empress Louisa.
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 2 September, 2008 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

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