Purple emperor
Apatura iris
Brush-footed butterflies
(Nymphalidae)
A large eye on front, small eye on aft wing.
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Upper surface black brown with white markings, a white band on the rear wing accompanied by an orange ring. Under certain lighting the ♂ gets a blueish glow. The under surface is beige with red, brown, black and white markings. On the front wing a large eye and on the rear wing a small eye. Found mostly near willow trees. The ♂ can be seen by puddles on forest trails, the ♂ are more often on treetops. ⇔ wsp. 55-65 mm LA: ≈ The APATURA ILIA (Lesser Purple Emperor) is a little smaller but has an eye on the rear upper surface. ≈ The LIMENITIS REDUCTA (Southern White Admiral) has small blue markings at the top without orange.
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2 LookAlikes (LA):
Lesser purple emperor
Southern white admiral
Purple emperor
Grote weerschijnvlinder
Großer Schillerfalter
Grand mars changeant
Iride
Tornasolada
Apatura iris [L.]
Переливница ивовая
紫閃蛺蝶
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