Asterocampa
{{Short description|Genus of brush-footed butterflies}}
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| image = Hackberry Emperor, Megan McCarty46.jpg
| image_caption = Asterocampa celtis
| taxon = Asterocampa
| authority = Röber, 1916
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
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
- [http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/apaturinae/asterocampa/ "Asterocampa Röber, 1916"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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Category:Taxa named by Julius Röber
Category:Taxa described in 1916
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