Doxocopa laure — Details

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Overview

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North American Ecology (US and Canada)

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Doxocopa laure is a stray only in North America (Scott 1986), and ranges south to Venezuela, Cuba and Jamaica. Habitats are subtropical wooded areas. Host plants are tree and shrubs restricted to Celtis pallida (Ulmaceae), in Mex. Eggs are laid on the host plant singly, or 2-3 together. There are multiple flights each year in Mex., and move north to s Tex July1-Dec31 (Scott 1986).
  • Scott, J. A. 1986. The butterflies of North America. Stanford University Press.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Doxocopa laure

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The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.


There are 29 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.  Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.  See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.

TGAGCAGGAATAGTAGGAACATCTCTT---AGACTTTTAATTCGAACTGAATTAGGTAACCCAGGATCTTTAATTGGAGAT---GATCAAATTTATAATACTATTGTAACAGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCCATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAGTACCCCTAATA---CTTGGAGCCCCAGATATAGCTTTCCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGACTATTACCTCCTTCTTTAATTTTATTAATTTCTAGAAGAATTGTAGAAAATGGAGCAGGAACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCCCCACTTTCATCTAATATTGCCCATGGAGGATCATCAGTTGATTTA---GCTATTTTTTCCCTTCACTTAGCTGGTATTTCATCAATTTTAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACAATTATTAATATACGAATTAATAATTTATCTTTTGATCAAATACCTTTATTTGTATGAGCTGTGGGTATCACAGCATTACTTTTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCGGGA---GCTATTACTATACTTTTAACAGATCGAAACCTTAATACCTCATTTTTCGATCCTGCAGGAGGGGGAGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTTTGATTTTTTGGTCACCCTGAAGTTTATATTTNNTTATTACCTGGATTCGGAATAATCTCTCATATCATTTCACAAGAAAGAGGTAAAAAA---GAAACTTTTGGTTGCTTAGGTATAATTTATGCTATATTAGCTATTGGATTACTAGGATTTATTGTTTGAGCTCATCATATATTTACTGTAGGAATAGATATTGATACTCGAGCTTATTTTACTTCAGCTACTATAATTATTGCTGTGCCTACTGGCATCAAAATTTTTAGTTGACTT---GCAACTTTACATGGAA
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Doxocopa laure

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 6
Specimens with Barcodes: 30
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Doxocopa laure

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Doxocopa laure, common name Silver Emperor, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.

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Description

Doxocopa laure has a wingspan reaching about 82 millimetres (3.2 in). The upperside of the wing is dark brown with a slight bluey iridescence, with a white central band on hindwing, and an orange forewing on males. For females, the upperside is dark brown with no iridescence, with a white median band on both wings, ending with a yellow spot at the hindwing leading edge. On both sexes, the underside of the hindwing is greyish with a silver iridescence.

Distribution

This species occurs year-round in Brazil and Mexico, and during July–December in Southern North America areas, such as Texas.

Subspecies

References

"Butterflies and Moths of North America". http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Doxocopa-laure. Retrieved January 30, 2012.

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