What does purple emperor eat?
Unlike most butterflies, the purple emperor does not feed from flowers but instead on the honeydew secreted by aphids, sap oozing from oak trees, and on dung, urine and animal carcasses.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods
Class
Bugs
Family
Brush-footed butterflies
Genus
Emperors
Species
Purple emperor (Apatura iris)