Asterocampa idyja

Dusky Emperor (Asterocampa idyja)

Life-forms

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: Asterocampa
Species: Asterocampa idyja
Subspecies: A. i. argus – A. i. idyja
Name

Asterocampa idyja Geyer, 1828
References
Vernacular names
English: Dusky Emperor

Asterocampa idyja, the cream-banded emperor,[1] is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

Description

The upperside of the wings is brown in both sexes. The male forewing has white spots near the tip, and some yellow spots across the wing's center. The hindwing of the males has six dark eyespots that are submarginal. Females have much darker spots, which are more diffuse. Their forewing is not as hooked, and much broader than in males.[2]
Ecology

Adults are on wing in October.
Distribution

The species can be found in Cuba, Guatemala, the Isle of Pines and Mexico. They rarely appear on Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.[2]
Subspecies

Asterocampa idyja idyja (Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico) - dusky emperor
Asterocampa idyja argus (Bates, 1864) (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize) - banded emperor

References

"Asterocampa idyja". Zipcode zoo. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
"Dusky Emperor Asterocampa idyja (Geyer, 1828)". Butterflies and moths. Retrieved 23 February 2012.