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Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doxocopa laurentia, the turquoise emperor or Cherubina emperor, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Apaturinae.
Doxocopa laurentia | |
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Male from Brazil | |
Female from Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Doxocopa |
Species: | D. laurentia |
Binomial name | |
Doxocopa laurentia (Godart, [1823]) | |
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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. [1]
This species occurs in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Argentina, Uruguay.
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