Dagsommerfugle - Dagfjärilar - Butterflies - Mariposas, Papilionoidea;

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The Danish Butterfly Taxonomy list 2013:

Sommerfugle, Lepidoptera
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Sub-order Ditrysia
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Obtectomera Minet, 1986 12 superfamilies
Superfamily Papilionoidea, Latreille, 1802 Danske Dagsommerfugle (100)
 
Family Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 (559 genera, 6,152 species, 11/21) Brushfoots / Takvinger
Subfamily Limenitidinae
Subfamily Heliconiinae
 
Subfamily Apaturinae
Tribe/Genus - (Apatura (Purple Emperors), Mimathyma, Chitoria, Dilipa, Euapatura mirza, Eulaceura, Rohana, Euripus, Helcyra, Herona, Hestina, Hestinalis, Sasakia, Sephisa, Apaturina, Apaturopsis, Timelaea, Thaleropsis, Asterocampa, Doxocopa.)
 
Subfamily Biblidinae
Subfamily Cyrestinae
Subfamily Nymphalinae
Subfamily Pseudergolinae
Subfamily Charaxinae
Subfamily Satyrinae
Subfamily Calinaginae
Subfamily Danainae
Subfamily Libytherinae

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Iris, Apatura iris han. Pinseskoven, Vestamager d. 2 juli 2014. Fotograf:  Lars Andersen

  Purple Emperors, Apatura iris. Pinseskoven, Vestamager, Denmark d. 2 juli 2014. Photographer; Lars Andersen

Emperor butterflies, Apaturinae

Males of this medium sized butterfly reflect a brilliant purple iridescence from the upperside wings, a characteristic shared with it's European cousins the Purple Emperors, Apatura iris, ilia & metis. Females lack the iridescence, and instead have a broad orange diagonal band across the forewings. There is also an alternative form of the female in which the diagonal band is white. The Emperor butterflies has yellow proboscis which is characteristic for all species in Apaturinae family.

 Doxocopa elis. Tocana, Yungas, Bolivia. Januar 2005. Fotograf: Lars AndersenDoxocopa agathina. Caranavi, Yungas. february 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenDoxocopa zunilda. Caranavi, Yungas. february 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCyane Emperor, Doxocopa cyane. Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia. d. 30 januar 2006. Fotograf: Lars AndersenDoxocopa laurentia cherubina. Coroico 1800 m.a., Yungas. d. 23 january 2008. Photographer: Lars AndersenDoxocopa lavinia. Caranavi d. 13 january 2010. Photographer: Lars AndersenDoxocopa linda linda. Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia. d. 28 januar 2006. Fotograf: Lars AndersenThere are 15 Doxocopa species, all confined to Central and South America.

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The Nymphalidae Systematics Group

by Niklas Wahlberg

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Sommerfuglenes Morfologi

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