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''Doxocopa pavon'', commonly known as the Pavon Emperor or Pavon, is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. They can be found from Paraguay in South America up to Texas in the southern United States. They are generally brown in their overall coloration, with two bands of white straddling the middle of the upper surfaces of the wings, and a patch of orange on the tips of their forewings. The upper surfaces of the wings of the males are overlaid by an iridescent blue-purple sheen. The females of the species closely resemble members of the unrelated genus ''Adelpha''. The larvae of ''Doxocopa pavon'' feed on the leaves of hackberries, while the adults are primarily nectar-feeders. ==Taxonomy== ''Doxocopa pavon'' is classified under the genus ''Doxocopa'' of the subfamily Apaturinae (emperors) in the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. It was originally described as ''Nymphalis pavon'' by the French zoologist Pierre André Latreille in 1809. The type specimen was collected from Loja, Ecuador.〔 ''Doxocopa pavon'' is usually divided into two subspecies: ''Doxocopa pavon theodora'' and the nominal subspecies ''Doxocopa pavon pavon''. ''D. p. theodora'' was originally described by the French entomologist Hippolyte Lucas in 1857 as ''Apatura theodora''. Its type specimen was collected from Fernardina de Jagua, Cuba (now the city of Cienfuegos). The subspecies was also collected by the French lepidopterist Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1870 and described as the species ''Chlorippe mentas''. Several other authors also described it under other names. The German entomologist Hans Fruhstorfer described it as ''() pavon inumbratus'' and ''() pavon cuellinia'' in 1907, with specimens collected from Paraguay and Mexico respectively. And in 1916, the German entomologist Julius Röber also named it ''() pavon subtuniformis''. The latter names are now considered synonyms and are invalid.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Doxocopa pavon theodora'' (Lucas, 1857) (Pavon Emperor) )〕 ''Doxocopa pavon'' are commonly known as the Pavon Emperor, or simply Pavon.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doxocopa pavon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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