Class: Hexapoda (animals with six legs - includes all insects)
lepido = scale and ptera = wings (singular is pteron)
The wings are covered with small scales.
Order: Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
Family: Nymphalidae (brushfoot butterflies)
Subfamily: Apaturinae (emperor butterflies)
Species: Asterocampa celtis
Common Name: Hackberry Emperor
Date : 2001 August 11
Place: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
in a sunlit patch on the wall of Frijole Ranch
Hackberry Emperor caterpillar
2001 June 29 on Hackberry on the edge of the parking lot at Frijole Ranch
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