Asterocampa idyja

Asterocampa idyja
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Asterocampa
Species: A. idyja
Binomial name
Asterocampa idyja
(Geyer, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Doxocopa idyja Geyer, [1828]
  • Papilio herse Fabricius, 1793
  • Doxocopa idyja padola Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Apatura argus Bates, 1864
  • Doxocopa argus f. armilla Fruhstorfer, 1912

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

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

References

  1. "Asterocampa idyja". Zipcode zoo. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Dusky Emperor Asterocampa idyja (Geyer, 1828)". Butterflies and moths. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
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