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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 » Doxocopa » Silver Emperor - Hodges#4567 (Doxocopa laure)

Species Doxocopa laure - Silver Emperor - Hodges#4567

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Internet References
Silver Emperor - Doxocopa laure - female Silver Emperor - Doxocopa laure - female Silver Emperor = Doxocopa laure - Doxocopa laure - male Unknown small Butterfly - Doxocopa laure - male Silver Emperor - Doxocopa laure - male Silver Emperor, Doxocopa laure - Doxocopa laure - female Silver Emperor - Doxocopa laure - female Silver Emperor - Doxocopa laure - 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 Doxocopa
Species laure (Silver Emperor - Hodges#4567)
Hodges Number
4567
Other Common Names
Laure Emperor
Explanation of Names
Doxocopa laure (Drury, 1773)
Identification
Sexually dimorphic upperwing patterns. Females have a diagonal white slash across both wings, and a yellow spot near the forewing apex; extremely similar to female Pavon Emperor but this species has a broader white stripe with a rounded tip. Male has a stripe across its upperwings but is white only on hindwings, turns yellow on forwings. Underwing pattern is similar to upperwing but less distinct and with a grayish or silvery cast overall.
Range
s. TX (as a stray) to Panama - Map (MPG, BOA)
Food
Adults visit rotting and overripe fruit, sap, animal dung, and carrion.
Larvae host on hackberries (Celtis, Ulmaceae)
See Also
Pavon Emperor
Band-celled Sister
Spot-celled Sister
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Butterflies of America - BOA
Contributed by tom murray on 17 September, 2005 - 12:17pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Joshua Stuart Rose, Mike Quinn
Last updated 3 January, 2018 - 10:55am

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