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Genus Asterocampa

Brown butterfly with black/white/yellow spots - Asterocampa celtis - 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

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Asterocampa Röber, 1916

Print References

Friedlander, T.P. 1987 . Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of Asterocampa Röber, 1916 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Apaturinae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 25(4): 215-338.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 9 March, 2004 - 4:50pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn
Last updated 18 June, 2014 - 9:21am

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