How to identify it?
Adult
Body and wing base densely dark brown hairy. Wings pagina superior darker-colored. Pagina with many black and white spots.
Ventral
A pair of clavate antennae. Big grey compound eyes. Siphoning-sucking mouthparts. 3 pairs of slender legs. Wings' pagina interior complexly patterned hind wing with 7 continuous eyespots.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods Class
Bugs Order
Moths and butterflies Family
Brush-footed butterflies Genus
Hackberry butterflies Species
Hackberry Emperor