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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.
Figs 2 larva after 1st moult 2a, 2b, 2c larva after 4th moult 2d, 2e, 2f, 2g, 2h, 2i after 5th moult in different positions 2j pupa front view and side view Caterpillar of purple emperor Purple emperors (Apatura iris) and lesser purple emperors (Apatura ilia) sucking moisture from the body of a dead European brown frog (Rana temporaria) in Ukraine.
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 .
Apatura ilia ([Denis and Schiffermüller], 1775) – lesser purple emperor; 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 ...
Thayer's 1902 patent application. He failed to convince the US Navy. The English zoologist Edward Bagnall Poulton, author of The Colours of Animals (1890) discovered the countershading of various insects, including the pupa or chrysalis of the purple emperor butterfly, Apatura iris, [2] the caterpillar larvae of the brimstone moth, Opisthograptis luteolata [a] and of the peppered moth, Biston ...
Yzma (The Emperor’s New Groove - turning into a cat at the end of the movie counts, right?) Up Next: Related: 300 of the Most Adorable Disney-Inspired Dog Name Ideas for Your Pooch
Ian Robert Penicuick Heslop (June 1904 – 2 June 1970) was a British naturalist, lepidopterologist and marksman.He is particularly known for his studies of the butterfly Apatura iris (purple emperor), and for his discovery of the Nigerian subspecies of the pygmy hippopotamus, named Choeropsis liberiensis heslopi after him.
An emperor penguin was rescued from an Australian beach after presumably making a 2,000-mile trek from its Antarctic habitat. Emperor penguin travels over 2,000 miles from Antarctica to Australia ...