Doxocopa

Doxocopa
File:Doxocopa agathina sup.jpg
Doxocopa agathina male
File:Silver emperor (Doxocopa laure) female dorsal.jpg
Doxocopa laurentia female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Apaturinae
Genus:	Doxocopa Hübner, 1819

Doxocopa is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Apaturinae. It includes the following species:

• Doxocopa agathina (Cramer, [1777]) - Agathina emperor
• Doxocopa burmeisteri (Godman & Salvin, [1884])
• Doxocopa callianira (Ménétriés, 1855)
• Doxocopa clothilda (C. Felder & R. Felder, [1867])
• Doxocopa cyane (Latreille, [1813])
• Doxocopa elis (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861)
• Doxocopa excelsa (Gillott, 1927)
• Doxocopa kallina (Staudinger, 1886)
• Doxocopa lavinia (Butler, 1866)
• Doxocopa laure (Drury, [1773]) - silver emperor
• Doxocopa laurentia (Godart, [1824])
• Doxocopa linda (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862) - Linda emperor
• Doxocopa pavon (Latreille, [1809]) - Pavon emperor
• Doxocopa plesaurina (Butler & H. Druce, 1872)
• Doxocopa seraphina (Hübner, [1825])
• Doxocopa zalmunna (Butler, 1869)
• Doxocopa zunilda (Godart, [1824])

Gallery

• D. lavinia male
  D. lavinia male
• D. agathina female
  D. agathina female
• D. laurentia male
  D. laurentia male
• D. laure male
  D. laure male
• D. linda
  D. linda
• D. pavon female
  D. pavon female
• D. zalmunna and D. zunilda
  D. zalmunna and D. zunilda
• D. zunilda
  D. zunilda

See also

• Adelpha - a genus of butterflies which closely resemble the females of most species of Doxocopa