Taxonomy of Subfamily Apaturinae Boisduval, 1840
Emperors
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 1891
142849
2048615 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 322
33641
568299 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 208
32654
567261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 197
32461
565431 | Families
Genera
Species | | Division | Ditrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers | 186
32290
560864 | Families
Genera
Species |
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 74
20388
404639 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 66
18154
371101 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 13
3266
144998 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Nymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies | 1533
72196 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Apaturinae
Boisduval, 1840
Emperors | 27
1450 | Genera
Species |
Subnodes of Apaturinae Boisduval, 1840 | Tribe | Apaturini
Boisduval, 1840
| 6
835 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Apaturina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1864
| 63 | Species | | Genus | Apaturopsis
Aurivillius, 1898
| 8 | Species | | Genus | Castalia
Westwood, 1850 ⇒ Strigoptera
| 37 | Species | | Genus | Chitoria
Moore, 1896 ⇒ Apatura
Emperors | 30 | Species | | Genus | Chotoria
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Dilipa
Moore, 1857
Golden Emperor | 12 | Species | | Genus | Euapatura
Ebert, 1971
| 4 | Species | | Genus | Eulaceura
Butler, 1872
| 19 | Species | | Genus | Euripus
Doubleday, 1848
Courtesans | 105 | Species | | Genus | Helcyra
Felder, 1860
White Emperors | 42 | Species | | Genus | Heleyra
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Herona
Doubleday, 1848
Pashas | 27 | Species | | Genus | Hestina
Westwood, 1850
Circes, Sirens | 80 | Species | | Genus | Hestinalis
Bryk, 1938 ⇒ Hestina
| 21 | Species | | Genus | Mimathyma
Moore, 1896 ⇒ Apatura
Purple Emperors | 12 | Species | | Genus | Patura
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Rohana
Moore, 1880
Princes | 50 | Species | | Genus | Sasakia
Moore, 1896 ⇒ Kuwania
| 29 | Species | | Genus | Sephisa
Moore, 1882 ⇒ Eterusia
Courtiers | 35 | Species | | Genus | Thaleropis
Staudinger, 1871
| 8 | Species | | Genus | Timelaea
Lucas, 1883
| 30 | Species |
Synonyms | Euripinae (J. Thomson, 1860) |
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Apaturinae
| German | Schillerfalter | | English | Emperors | | Swedish | Skimmerfjärilar | | Finnish | Häiveperhoset |
Distribution and Species lists of Apaturinae Boisduval, 1840
Distribution on islands
Found in fossile formations
Links, sources and further information Apaturinae at artfakta.se
Apaturinae at dyntaxa.se
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