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Doxocopa laurentia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Doxocopa

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Similar
  
Doxocopa, Doxocopa agathina, Adelpha syma, Danaus erippus, Diaethria candrena

Borboleta doxocopa laurentia


Doxocopa laurentia, the turquoise emperor or Cherubina emperor, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.

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Turquoise emperor doxocopa laurentia


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.

Distribution

This species occurs in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.

Subspecies

  • Doxocopa laurentia laurentia (Brazil)
  • Doxocopa laurentia cherubina (C. & R. Felder, 1867) (Central America, Colombia, Bolivia and Peru)
  • Doxocopa laurentia thalysia (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Ecuador)

    • References

    Doxocopa laurentia Wikipedia
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