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Apatura iris, the purple emperor, is a Palearctic butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Description. Adults have dark brown wings with white bands and spots, and a ...
Doxocopa agathina, the agathina emperor, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Guyanas , northern Brazil , and the Amazon region . It is also called the purple emperor but this name may also refer to the European butterfly Apatura iris .
Sasakia charonda, the Japanese emperor or great purple emperor, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is native to Japan (from Hokkaidō to Kyūshū), the Korean Peninsula, China, northern Taiwan and northern Vietnam. Its wingspan averages 50 mm (2.0 in) for males, and 65 mm (2.6 in) for females.
Purple Butterfly Meaning The color purple is regal and powerful, and butterflies of this shade reflect that. Purple butterflies, like the Purple Emperor and Colorado Hairstreak species, symbolize ...
A. ilia Schiff. ( = Pap. iris Esp.) (50c) is characterized by the distal margin of the forewing being obtusely angulate below the apex; in the anal area of this wing there is an ocellus ringed with yellowish, and the median band of the hindwing has no tooth-like projection on the outer side; the male with violet gloss, the female dull black- brown or grey-brown, the bands and spots pure white ...
Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758) – purple emperor; Apatura laverna Leech, 1893; Apatura metis Freyer, 1829 – Freyer's purple emperor; Moved to genus Chitoria: Apatura fasciola (Leech, 1890) now in Chitoria fasciola; Apatura sordida (Moore, 1865) – sordid emperor now in Chitoria sordida; Apatura ulupi (Doherty, 1889) – tawny emperor now in ...
Freyer's purple emperor has dark wings with reddish and yellow bands. The wings of the male are bluish purple if seen from the right angle. In appearance, it resembles Apatura ilia. However, it differs significantly from it by a stepped protrusion in the middle of the outer edge of the postdiscal band of the hindwings.
Mimathyma ambica, the Indian purple emperor, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Asia. Description. In Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India . Male