BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
PTERYGOTA
(winged insects)
Neoptera
(an infraclass of insects)
Endopterygota
(insects with wings developing internally)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)
NYMPHALIDAE
(fritillary and vanessid butterflies)
Apatura iris
(Purple Emperor)
Apatura iris
is also a member of:
Macrolepidoptera
(via Papilionoidea)
Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Apatura iris L., 1758 (Purple Emperor)

Sets of Photographs

These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.

Taxon Summary # images # photos Date Vice-county Country
Apatura iris Female imago 10 10 14 Jul 2006 North Hampshire England

Suggested Literature

Apatura iris may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)		 DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)		 PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)
Macrolepidoptera (via Papilionoidea)

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