#3096 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Hackberry Emperor

Asterocampa celtis

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © jackiebaum · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Matthew O'Donnell · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Tommy Farquhar · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © leahwarren96 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Kai Joaquin · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. South End, Burlington, VT, USA:© sglezen · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Douglas, Chicago, IL, USA:© robertandrews · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Maypearl, TX, USA:© Carolyn Gritzmaker · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Sauk County, WI, USA:© Dory Owen · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Carver Street, Brandon, VT, USA:© roy pilcher · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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 ( Celtis occidentalis and others in the genus Celtis ) upon which it lays its eggs. The hackberry tree is the only host plant for A. celtis and is the food source for larvae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 59,417iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
59,417 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Lawrence LeConte in 1835 (191 years ago).