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Asterocampa celtis, the hackberry emperor, is a North American butterfly that belongs to the family of brushfooted butterflies, Nymphalidae. It gets its name from the hackberry tree (Celtis occidentalis and others in the Celtis genus) upon which it lays its eggs. The hackberry tree is the only host plant for A. celtis and is the food source for larvae.

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1. (c) jackiebaum, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), uploaded by jackiebaum
2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterocampa_celtis

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