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FIGURE 1 - Purple Emperor Doxocopa agathina male - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Regis Nossent July 2005).
FIGURE 2 - Purple Emperor Doxocopa agathina male - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 3 - Purple Emperor Doxocopa agathina female - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 4 - Indigo Emperor Doxocopa kallina male - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 5 - Indigo Emperor Doxocopa kallina female - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith June 200 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 6 - Turquoise Emperor Doxocopa laurentia male - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Regis Nossent July 2005).
FIGURE 7 - Turquoise Emperor Doxocopa laurentia male - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 8 - Turquoise Emperor Doxocopa laurentia female - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith June 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 9 - Linda Emperor Doxocopa linda mileta - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
APATURINAE - EMPERORS
Commonly known as Emperors, they are broad-bodied brightly-coloured butterflies. Like all Nymphalids they have reduced forelegs giving the impression of a 4-legged insect. The group has a worldwide distribution and their closest relatives appear to be the Charaxinae and the Satyrinae. Beware of confusion between some species and the Sisters Limenitidini which can be very similar! Members of the genus Doxocopa can be instantly identified by their green tongues.
