Asterocampa

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Asterocampa
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Asterocampa celtis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Apaturinae
Genus: Asterocampa
Röber, 1916
Species

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Asterocampa, commonly called hackberry butterflies or American emperors, is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found mainly in North and Central America and the Caribbean.

Species

The celtis species group:

The clyton species group:


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Hackberry may refer to:

<i>Asterocampa clyton</i> Species of butterfly

Asterocampa clyton, the tawny emperor, is a species of brush-footed butterfly. It is native to North America, especially the eastern half from Canada to northern Mexico. The tawny emperor should not be mistaken for a very similar Asterocampa butterfly, the hackberry emperor, which can be distinguished by the white spots near the tip of its forewing and the black eyespot lower along the edge of the forewing.

<i>Asterocampa celtis</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Asterocampa leilia</i> Species of butterfly

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Desert hackberry may refer to:

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