Apaturinae
# Apaturinae

The Apaturinae are a subfamily of butterflies that includes many species commonly called emperors.

## Description

Strikingly-coloured, with cryptic underwing. A distinguishing character of the subfamily is the green proboscis.

* Doxocopa agathina with green proboscis

## Genera

Apaturinae consists of 20 genera and shows separate distributions and uncommon host–plant associations. Most genera of this subfamily are found throughout South-East Asia and Africa, whereas the genera Doxocopa and Asterocampa are spread mainly in South America and North America.

* Apatura
* Apaturina
* Apaturopsis
* Asterocampa
* Chitoria
* Dilipa
* Doxocopa
* Euapatura
* Eulaceura
* Euripus
* Helcyra
* Herona
* Hestina
* Hestinalis
* Mimathyma
* Rohana
* Sasakia
* Sephisa
* Thaleropis
* Timelaea
