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Apatura iris is widely distributed in dense, broadleaved woodlands throughout Europe including southern Britain, and across the Palearctic to central and western China. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] Different subspecies are found across the region (see below).
Apatura is a genus of butterflies commonly known as the emperors. Purple emperors ( Apatura iris ) and lesser purple emperors ( Apatura ilia ) sucking moisture from the body of a dead common frog ( Rana temporaria ), Ukraine
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.
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 ...
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Lesser purple emperor, Apatura ilia (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775) Purple emperor, Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758) Freyer's purple emperor, Apatura metis Freyer, 1829
Apatura ilia (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758) Apatura metis Freyer, 1829; Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus, 1758) Araschnia levana (Linnaeus, 1758) Arethusana arethusa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758) Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Boloria aquilonaris (Stichel, 1908)
Nymphalidae; Subfamily Species Spanish common name Distribution Picture Apaturinae: Apatura ilia: Tornasolada chica: Apatura iris: Tornasolada: Charaxinae