Doxocopa laurentia

Doxocopa laurentia
	Male from Brazil
	Female from Brazil
Scientific classification
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 laurentia Godart, 1823; Catargyria seraphina Hübner, [1825]; Apatura angelina C. & R. Felder, 1867; Apatura laurentia Hewitson, 1869 (preocc. Godart, [1824]); Apatura cherubina C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Chlorippe cherubina parva Röber, 1916; Chlorippe seraphina hippomanes Martin, [1823]; Catargyria thalysia Fruhstorfer, 1907;

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

Description edit

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]

D. laurentia laurentia male with green proboscis

Distribution edit

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

Subspecies edit

Doxocopa laurentia laurentia (Brazil and Argentina)
Doxocopa laurentia cherubina (C. & R. Felder, 1867) (Central America, Colombia, Bolivia and Peru)
Doxocopa laurentia thalysia (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Ecuador)

Gallery edit

Doxocopa laurentia cherubina from Peru - mounted specimen
Doxocopa laurentia from Brazil - ventral view

References edit

^ "NYMPHALIDAE - NYMPHALID BUTTERFLIES". FAUNA Paraguay.

"Doxocopa laurentia (Godart, [1824])" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

External links edit

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

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