Asterocampa Explained

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

• "Asterocampa Röber, 1916" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms