Asterocampa idyja, the cream-banded emperor,[1] is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Asterocampa |
| Species: | A. idyja
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| Binomial name | |
| Asterocampa idyja (Geyer, 1828)
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Description
editThe upperside of the wings is brown in both sexes. The male forewing has white spots near the tip, and some yellow spots across the wing's center. The hindwing of the males has six dark eyespots that are submarginal. Females have much darker spots, which are more diffuse. Their forewing is not as hooked, and much broader than in males.[2]
Ecology
editAdults are on wing in October.
Distribution
editThe species can be found in Cuba, Guatemala, the Isle of Pines and Mexico. They rarely appear on Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.[2]
Subspecies
edit- Asterocampa idyja idyja (Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico) - dusky emperor
- Asterocampa idyja argus (Bates, 1864) (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize) - banded emperor
References
edit- ^ "Asterocampa idyja". Zipcode zoo. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Dusky Emperor Asterocampa idyja (Geyer, 1828)". Butterflies and moths. Retrieved 23 February 2012.