Agathina Emperor

Doxocopa agathina · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Nymphalidae

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Agathina Emperor
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The butterfly has a wingspan of about 5 cm (2 inches). Males show bright blue or purple wings, while females are brown with a diagonal orange band on the forewings.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Males have bright blue or purple wings; females are darker brown and usually have a diagonal orange band on the forewings.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Both sexes have a wingspan of roughly 50 mm (2 inches).

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

It is also called the purple emperor, a name that can refer to the European butterfly Apatura iris.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Agathina Emperor photo 3
Photo: unknown, CC0
Agathina Emperor photo 4
Photo: Nicolas Olejnik, CC BY
Agathina Emperor photo 5
Photo: Nicolas Olejnik, CC BY
Agathina Emperor photo 6
Photo: yakovlev.alexey, CC BY-SA

Questions people ask

How can I tell a male from a female?

Males have bright blue or purple wings, while females are brown with a diagonal orange band on the forewings.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Nymphalidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxocopa_agathina

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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