Doxocopa laurentia

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Doxocopa laurentia
Doxocopa laurentia male face sup.jpg
Male from Brazil
Doxocopa laurentia female face sup.jpg
Female from Brazil
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Doxocopa
Species:
D. laurentia
Binomial name
Doxocopa laurentia
(Godart, [1823])
Synonyms
  • Nymphalis laurentiaGodart, 1823
  • Catargyria seraphinaHübner, [1825]
  • Apatura angelinaC. & R. Felder, 1867
  • Apatura laurentiaHewitson, 1869 (preocc. Godart, [1824])
  • Apatura cherubinaC. & R. Felder, [1867]
  • Chlorippe cherubina parvaRöber, 1916
  • Chlorippe seraphina hippomanesMartin, [1823]
  • Catargyria thalysiaFruhstorfer, 1907

Doxocopa laurentia, the turquoise emperor or Cherubina emperor, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Apaturinae.

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Description

Doxocopa laurentia has a wingspan reaching about 75 millimetres (3.0 in). The upperside of the wings is brown, with a broad metallic blue central band in males, while in the females this band is usually white, with a broad orange patch on the top of the forewings. The undersides of the wings are yellowish or greyish, with black markings on the forewings.

Like other members of the subfamily Apaturinae, the proboscis is green. [1]

Distribution

This species occurs in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Argentina, Uruguay.

Subspecies

References

  1. "NYMPHALIDAE - NYMPHALID BUTTERFLIES". FAUNA Paraguay.