- Chitoria ulupi
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Tawny Emperor Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Subfamily: Apaturinae[1] 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
The Tawny Emperor (Chitoria ulupi) 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
- ^ Zhang M, Cao T, Zhang R, Guo Y, Duan Y, Ma E. 2007. Phylogeny of Apaturinae butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene. J. Genet. Genomics 34 (9): 812-23
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