Tawny emperor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Chitoria
Species:
C. ulupi
Binomial name
Chitoria ulupi
(Doherty, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Potamis ulupi Doherty, 1889
  • Apatura ulupi
  • Apatura kalaurica Tytler, 1926
  • Apatura fulva Leech, 1891

Chitoria ulupi, the tawny emperor, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in tropical Asia.

Subspecies

  • Chitoria ulupi ulupi (Assam, Manipur, Burma)
  • Chitoria ulupi dubernardi (Oberthür) (western China: Yunnan)
  • Chitoria ulupi arakii (Naritomi) (Taiwan)
  • Chitoria ulupi kalaurica Tytler, 1926 (Burma)
  • Chitoria ulupi fulva Leech, 1891 (Korea, eastern China, Sichuan)
  • Chitoria ulupi tong Yoshino, 1997 (Guanxi)

References


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