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Purple Emperors
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Purple Emperors

Apatura

Apatura is a genus of butterflies commonly known as the emperors.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Lesser Purple Emperor

speciesApatura ilia

Purple Emperor

speciesApatura iris

Freyer's Purple Emperor

speciesApatura metis

Laverna Emperor

speciesApatura laverna

Apatura bieti

speciesApatura bieti

Apatura serarum

speciesApatura serarum

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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 149033.