Doxocopa cyane

Doxocopa cyane
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Doxocopa
Species:
D. cyane
Binomial name
Doxocopa cyane
(Latreille, 1813)
Synonyms
List
  • Nymphalis cyane Latreille, [1813]
  • Nymphalis cyanippe Godart, [1824]
  • Apatura lucasii Doubleday, [1849]
  • Apatura moritziana C. & R. Felder, 1867
  • Apatura lucasii boliviana Oberthür, 1914
  • Chlorippe cyane reducta Röber, 1916
  • Chlorippe burmeisteri Godman & Salvin, [1884]
  • Chlorippe burmeisteri f. verdemicans Hayward, 1931
  • Apatura lucasii f. ornata Oberthür, 1914
  • Doxocopa cyane boliviana f. ornatina Bryk, 1938

Doxocopa cyane, the Mexican emperor or cyan emperor, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.[1]