Doxocopa pavon

Pavon emperor
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Doxocopa
Species:
D. pavon
Binomial name
Doxocopa pavon
(Latreille, [1809])
Subspecies
  • Doxocopa pavon pavon (Latreille, [1809])
  • Doxocopa pavon theodora (Lucas, 1857)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Apatura pavonii Hew. ex. Butt., 1874
  • Apatura theodora Lucas, 1857
  • Chlorippe mentas Boisduval, 1870
  • Chlorippe pavonii Godman & Salvin, [1884]
  • Nymphalis pavon Latreille, [1809]
  • Chlorippe pavon cuellinia Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Chlorippe pavon inumbratus Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Chlorippe pavon subtuniformis Röber, 1916

Doxocopa pavon, the Pavon emperor or Pavon, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. They can be found from Paraguay in South America up to Texas in the southern United States. They are generally brown in their overall coloration, with two bands of white straddling the middle of the upper surfaces of the wings, and a patch of orange on the tips of their forewings. The upper surfaces of the wings of the males are overlaid by an iridescent blue-purple sheen. The females of the species closely resemble members of the unrelated genus Adelpha.

The larvae of Doxocopa pavon feed on the leaves of hackberries, while the adults are primarily nectar-feeders.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference sav was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin (1879–1901). Insecta. Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Vol. 1. p. 315.