Doxocopa cyane

Doxocopa cyane
	Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Doxocopa
Species:	D. cyane
Binomial name
	Doxocopa cyane; (Latreille, 1813)
Synonyms
	List Nymphalis cyane Latreille, [1813] ; Nymphalis cyanippe Godart, [1824] ; Apatura lucasii Doubleday, [1849] ; Apatura moritziana C. & R. Felder, 1867 ; Apatura lucasii boliviana Oberthür, 1914 ; Chlorippe cyane reducta Röber, 1916 ; Chlorippe burmeisteri Godman & Salvin, [1884] ; Chlorippe burmeisteri f. verdemicans Hayward, 1931 ; Apatura lucasii f. ornata Oberthür, 1914 ; Doxocopa cyane boliviana f. ornatina Bryk, 1938 ;

Doxocopa cyane, the Mexican emperor or cyan emperor, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.