Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Asterocampa | |
Similar Doxocopa laure, Chlosyne rosita, Asterocampa, Anthanassa frisia, Adelpha fessonia | ||
Asterocampa idyja, the cream-banded emperor, is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family.
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Description
The upperside of the wings is brown in both sexes. The male forewing has white spots near the tip, and some yellow spots across the wing's center. The hindwing of the males has six dark eyespots that are submarginal. Females have much darker spots, which are more diffuse. Their forewing is not as hooked, and much broader than in males.
Ecology
Adults are on wing in October.
Distribution
The species can be found in Cuba, Guatemala, the Isle of Pines and Mexico. They rarely appear on Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.
Subspecies
References
Asterocampa idyja Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA