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Lesser Purple Emperor

Apatura ilia

The Lesser Purple Emperor is a beautiful butterfly with purple and brown wings. It loves to flutter around in sunny spots and can be seen resting on tree trunks.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Lesser Purple Emperor is a medium-sized butterfly with dark brown to black wings featuring prominent white bands and spots. Males boast an iridescent purple sheen on their forewings, which appears and disappears with changing light angles, making them distinct from similarly marked species.

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Lesser Purple Emperor
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Lesser Purple Emperor

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Instead of flowers, these butterflies love to drink sweet juices from tree wounds.

Male butterflies sometimes land on people to sip salts from their sweaty skin!

The chrysalis (pupa) of this butterfly looks like a beautiful green jewel hanging from a leaf.

Their caterpillars look like tiny green aliens with two little horns on their heads!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Shifting Camouflage

Lesser Purple Emperor has a magical purple shimmer that helps them vanish into dappled sunlight or blend with tree bark when they tilt their wings.

Fähigkeit

Sap Sipper

Lesser Purple Emperor can slurp up sugary tree sap and rotting fruit using their long proboscis, finding energy where other butterflies can't.

Fähigkeit

Territorial Guardian

Lesser Purple Emperor can fiercely defend its favorite perching spots high in the trees, bravely chasing away rival butterflies and even birds.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
45-60 mm
Größe
20-30 mm
Lebenserwartung
15-20 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults prefer tree sap and rotting fruit, while caterpillars munch on tree leaves.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae (caterpillars) feed exclusively on the leaves of willow and poplar trees, whereas adults primarily consume tree sap, rotting fruit, and honeydew, rarely visiting flowers.

Hauptnahrung

  • Tree sap
  • Rotting fruit
  • Honeydew
  • Willow leaves
  • Poplar leaves

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Goat Willow

Salix caprea

Larvae feed on its leaves

shelters

Pedunculate Oak

Quercus robur

Adults often perch on its branches

eaten by

Great Tit

Parus major

Bird predators prey on adults

eats

Aspen

Populus tremula

Caterpillars feed on its leaves

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch butterflies from a distance and don't try to catch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Lesser Purple Emperor?

45-60 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Lesser Purple Emperor?

20-30 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Lesser Purple Emperor?

15-20 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Lesser Purple Emperor?

15 km/h

Was frisst Lesser Purple Emperor?

Adults prefer tree sap and rotting fruit, while caterpillars munch on tree leaves.

Wo findet man Lesser Purple Emperor normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Lesser Purple Emperor?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Lesser Purple Emperor?

6

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