Apatura

As used for the cracker butterflies by Illiger in 1807, Apatura has been officially rejected and is now Hamadryas.

Apatura is a genus of butterflies commonly known as the emperors.

Purple emperors (Apatura iris) and lesser purple emperors (Apatura ilia) sucking moisture from the body of a dead common frog (Rana temporaria), Ukraine

Apatura
Lesser purple emperor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Apaturinae
Genus:	Apatura Fabricius, 1807
Species
See text
Synonyms[1][2]
Aeola Billberg, 1820 Apaturia Sodoffsky, 1837 Athymodes Moore, 1896 Bremeria Moore, 1896 Chitoria Moore, 1896 Dravira Moore, 1896 Limina Moore, 1896 Mars Girard, 1866 Mimathyma Moore, 1896 Narsenga Moore, 1896 Potamis Hübner, [1806] Rohana Moore, 1880 Sincana Moore, 1896

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[2]

• Apatura ilia ([Denis and Schiffermüller], 1775) – lesser purple emperor
• Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758) – purple emperor
• Apatura laverna Leech, 1893
• Apatura metis Freyer, 1829 – Freyer's purple emperor

Moved to genus Chitoria:

• Apatura fasciola (Leech, 1890) now in Chitoria fasciola
• Apatura sordida (Moore, 1865) – sordid emperor now in Chitoria sordida
• Apatura ulupi (Doherty, 1889) – tawny emperor now in Chitoria ulupi
• Apatura vietnamica Nguyen, 1979 now in Chitoria vietnamica

Moved to genus Mimathyma:

• Apatura ambica (Kollar, 1844) – Indian purple emperor now in Mimathyma ambica
• Apatura chevana Moore 1865 – sergeant emperor now in Mimathyma chevana
• Apatura nycteis Ménétriès, 1859 now in Mimathyma nycteis
• Apatura schrenckii Ménétriès, 1858 – Schrenck's emperor now in Mimathyma schrenckii