Asterocampa, commonly called hackberry butterflies or American emperors, is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found mainly in North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Species The celtis species group: Asterocampa celtis (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1835) – hackberry emperor Asterocampa leilia (Edwards, 1874) – Empress Leilia or desert hackberry
The clyton species group: Asterocampa clyton (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1835) – tawny emperor Asterocampa idyja (Geyer, 1828) – dusky emperor
External links "Asterocampa Röber, 1916" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms