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Turquoise Emperor
Doxocopa laurentia
Doxocopa laurentia, the turquoise emperor or Cherubina emperor, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Apaturinae.
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Description
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.
Range & habitat
This species occurs in Venezuela, Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Argentina and Uruguay.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 123708.