''Chitoria ulupi'', the tawny emperor, is a species of

nymphalid The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

found in tropical

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

Subspecies

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

References

Apaturinae Butterflies described in 1889 Butterflies of Asia {{nymphalidae-stub