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Hackberry emperor

Asterocampa celtis, the hackberry emperor, is a North American butterfly that belongs to the brushfooted butterfly family, Nymphalidae. It gets its name from the hackberry tree upon which it lays its eggs. The hackberry tree is the only host plant... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Asterocampa celtis
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Asterocampa
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda