Apatura

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Apaturinae
Genus: Apatura
Species: A. ambica – A. ilia – A. iris – A. laverna – A. metis – A. nycteis – A. sordida
Name

Apatura Fabricius, 1807

Type species: Papilio iris Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Aeola Billberg, 1820
Apaturia Sodoffsky, 1837
Potamis Hübner, 1806

References

Lee, S.-M. & T. Takakura, 1981: On a New Subspecies of the Purple Emperor, Apatura iris (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), from the Republic of Korea. Tyô to Ga 31 (3-4): 133–141. Full article: [1].

Vernacular names
English: Emperors
français: Mars

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

Species

Listed alphabetically:[2]

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 in Chitoria sordida
Apatura ulupi (Doherty, 1889) – tawny emperor now in Chitoria ulupi
Apatura vietnamica Nguyen, 1979 now in Chitoria vietnamica

Moved to genus Mimathyma:

Apatura ambica (Kollar, 1844) – Indian purple emperor now in Mimathyma ambica
Apatura chevana Moore 1865 – sergeant emperor now in Mimathyma chevana
Apatura nycteis Ménétriès, 1859 now in Mimathyma nycteis
Apatura schrenckii Ménétriès, 1858 – Schrenck's emperor now in Mimathyma schrenckii

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Apatura". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 31 July 2018. Edit this at Wikidata

Savela, Markku. "Apatura". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 31 July 2018.