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Subspecies Asterocampa clyton flora - Florida Tawny Emperor

Tawny Emperor - Egg Cluster - Asterocampa clyton Tawny Emperor - 3rd Instar larvae - Asterocampa clyton Tawny Emperor - 4th Instar larvae - Asterocampa clyton Tawny Emperor - 5th (final) Instar larvae - Asterocampa clyton Tawny Emperor - 5th (final) Instar larva; pupating sequence. - Asterocampa clyton Tawny Emperor - 5th (final) Instar larva; pupating sequence.  - Asterocampa clyton Tawny Emperor - 5th (final) Instar larva; pupating sequence.  - Asterocampa clyton Tawny Emperor - 5th (final) Instar larva; pupating sequence.  - Asterocampa clyton
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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 clyton (Tawny Emperor - Hodges#4562.1)
Subspecies flora (Florida Tawny Emperor)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Apatura clyton flora W. H. Edwards, 1876. Type locality: Palatka, Putnam County, Florida
Range
peninsular Florida, coastal Georgia and southernmost South Carolina