Apatura laverna is a butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the emperors group within the brushfooted family. It is endemic to China.
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| Apatura laverna | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Apatura |
| Species: | A. laverna
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Subspecies
edit- A. l. laverna Sichuan, Shaanxi
- A. l. yunlingensis Yoshino, 1999 N.Yunnan
Description from Seitz
editA. laverna Leech (51a) recalls A. ilia here in the shape of the wings, but the distal margin of the fore-wing is more distinctly angulate below the apex and more deeply incurved below this angle. Ground-colour deep ochreous-brown, the markings blackish and similar to those of the subspecies of A. ilia mentioned above, but the rounded spots in the distal area of the hindwing are absent, there being here a narrow blackish band at the outer side of which stands a row of whitish spots. Female not known. — West China : Pu-tsu-fong, Wa-ssukow, Omei-shan, in June and July, at altitudes of from 1200 to 3000 m.[2]
References
edit- ^ Leech, 1893 Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea (1): 1-296, pl. 1-28 (1892-1894), (2): 297-681, pl. 29-43 (1893-1894)
- ^ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
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