Asterocampa

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Asterocampa
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Asterocampa celtis
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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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