Silver emperor
The silver emperor is a big butterfly from the warm parts of America. On top its wings are dark brown with a white band. Underneath, its back wings shine with a silvery glow.
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Fun facts
Its open wings can be about 8 centimetres wide.
The male's wings have a slight blue shine on top, and he has orange on his front wings. The female has no shine.
The female has a white band across both wings, ending in a yellow spot.
In Brazil and Mexico you can see it all year, but in Texas only from July to December.
Most asked questions about Silver emperor
?What colour is the silver emperor?
On top it is dark brown with a white band. Underneath, its back wings are greyish with a silvery shine.
?Where does the silver emperor live?
In Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean islands and South America. Sometimes it also visits Texas.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Doxocopa laure
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
Where the facts come from
- Doxocopa laure (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Anne Toal. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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