Apatura

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
	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 ;

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

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[2]

Moved to genus Chitoria:

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

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Apatura". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b Savela, Markku. "Apatura". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

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