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Apatura iris is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, belonging to the genus Apatura. It is classified within the order Lepidoptera, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda, and kingdom Animalia. Common names for this taxon include purple emperor, Tornasolada, grote weerschijnvlinder, and batolec duhový. The species was described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
This temperate butterfly is distributed across Europe and Asia. Its larval host plants include Salix caprea, Alnus, Salix cinerea, and Salix. The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2025. Records exist in countries such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary, with specimens held by institutions including YPM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, and DCH.
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Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyNymphalidae
紫閃蛺蝶（学名：Apatura iris）是一种温带蝴蝶，分布地在歐洲和亞洲。习惯高飛在樹林頂上，地上如果有腐屍雄蝶會被吸引而前往攝食。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 645
- With media
- 1,101
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Collections
- YPM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, DCH
- Recorded in
- Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, United Kingdom, Belgium
Wikidata facts
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- Apatura iris
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- Apatura iris
- taxon common name
- Grousse Schillerfalter
- has host
- Salix aurita
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- short name
- A. iris
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Encyclopedic overview
Apatura iris, the purple emperor, is a Palearctic butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Apatura iris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.