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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 » Pavon Emperor - Hodges#4566 (Doxocopa pavon)

Species Doxocopa pavon - Pavon Emperor - Hodges#4566

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References
Pavon Emperor, upperwings - Doxocopa pavon - female Pavon Emperor, underwings - Doxocopa pavon - female Pavon Emperor - Doxocopa pavon - male Pavon Emperor - Doxocopa pavon - male Pavon Emperor - Doxocopa pavon - male Pavon Emperor - Doxocopa pavon
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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 pavon (Pavon Emperor - Hodges#4566)
Hodges Number
4566
Identification
Females are brown with a diagonal white slash across the upperside of both wings, and a yellow spot near the forewing apex. Males have a similar pattern but with a metallic purplish-blue overlay that ranges from brilliant to subtle. Slash also shows on underwings but is pale brown and less distinct.
Range
Bolivia north to northern Mexico, with rare strays into the US in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas
Habitat
tropical and subtropical forests
Season
August through December; also May
Food
Adults eat some flower nectar but also come to rotting fruit and animal dung. Caterpillars eat foliage of hackberries and sugarberries (genus Celtis, family Ulmaceae).
See Also
Silver Emperor

Band-celled Sister

Spot-celled Sister
Print References
Wauer, Roland H. "Butterflies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley" Boulder CO: Johnson Books, 2004.
Internet References
NPWRC page
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 6 June, 2006 - 10:57am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 3 July, 2017 - 3:10am

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