Doxocopa laurentia
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Doxocopa laurentia | |
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Male from Brazil | |
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Female from Brazil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Doxocopa |
Species: | D. laurentia
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Binomial name | |
Doxocopa laurentia (Godart, [1823])
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Doxocopa laurentia, the turquoise emperor or Cherubina emperor, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Apaturinae.
Description
Doxocopa laurentia has a wingspan reaching about 75 millimetres (3.0 in). The upperside of the wings is brown, with a broad metallic blue central band in males, while in the females this band is usually white, with a broad orange patch on the top of the forewings. The undersides of the wings are yellowish or greyish, with black markings on the forewings.
Like other members of the subfamily Apaturinae, the proboscis is green. [1]
Distribution
This species occurs in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Argentina.
Subspecies
- Doxocopa laurentia laurentia (Brazil and Argentina)
- Doxocopa laurentia cherubina (C. & R. Felder, 1867) (Central America, Colombia, Bolivia and Peru)
- Doxocopa laurentia thalysia (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Ecuador)
Gallery
References
- ^ "NYMPHALIDAE - NYMPHALID BUTTERFLIES". FAUNA Paraguay.
- "Doxocopa laurentia (Godart, [1824])" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
- Neotropical butterflies
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- Fauna of ParaguayError: "Q5303703" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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