Chitoria ulupi

Tawny emperor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Chitoria
Species:	C. ulupi
Binomial name
Chitoria ulupi (Doherty, 1889)
Synonyms
Potamis ulupi Doherty, 1889 Apatura ulupi Apatura kalaurica Tytler, 1926 Apatura fulva Leech, 1891

Chitoria ulupi, the tawny emperor, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in tropical Asia.

Subspecies

• Chitoria ulupi arakii (Naritomi) (Taiwan)
• Chitoria ulupi dubernardi (Oberthür) (western China: Yunnan)
• Chitoria ulupi fulva Leech, 1891 (Korea, eastern China, Sichuan)
• Chitoria ulupi kalaurica Tytler, 1926 (Burma)
• Chitoria ulupi tong Yoshino, 1997 (Guanxi)
• Chitoria ulupi ulupi (Doherty, 1889) (Assam, Manipur, Burma)

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