The Apaturinae are a subfamily of butterflies that includes many species commonly called emperors.
Description Strikingly-coloured, with cryptic underwing. A distinguishing character of the subfamily is the green proboscis.
Genera Apaturinae consists of 20 genera and shows separate distributions and uncommon host–plant associations. Most genera of this subfamily are found throughout South-East Asia and Africa, whereas the genera Doxocopa and Asterocampa are spread mainly in South America and North America.Ohshima, I., Tanikawa-Dodo, Y., Saigusa, T., Nishiyama, T., Kitani, M., Hasebe, M., & Mohri, H. (2010). Phylogeny, biogeography, and host–plant association in the subfamily Apaturinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) inferred from eight nuclear and seven mitochondrial genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 57(3), 1026-1036. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.09.018
Apatura Apaturina Apaturopsis Asterocampa Chitoria Dilipa Doxocopa Euapatura Eulaceura Euripus Helcyra Herona Hestina Hestinalis Mimathyma Rohana Sasakia Sephisa Thaleropis Timelaea
References
External links Checklist Nearctic Nymphalidae List of North American species with images. Pteron Images. In Japanese but with binomial names.