---
title: "Mariposa emperatriz de manchas negras"
description: "Asterocampa leilia — Insectos y arañas. Asterocampa leilia, the Empress Leilia, Leilia hackberry butterfly or desert hackberry, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/empress-leilia
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mariposa emperatriz de manchas negras

> Asterocampa leilia — Insectos y arañas. Asterocampa leilia, the Empress Leilia, Leilia hackberry butterfly or desert hackberry, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Asterocampa leilia*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `desert` (Desierto)
- iNaturalist observations: 7923
- Wikidata: [Q4810738](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4810738)
- iNaturalist taxon: [148793](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/148793)

## Names

- en: Empress Leilia
- es: Mariposa emperatriz de manchas negras

## Countries with the most observations

US (6472), MX (1034)

## Summary

Asterocampa leilia, the Empress Leilia, Leilia hackberry butterfly or desert hackberry, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterocampa_leilia

## Photo

![Mariposa emperatriz de manchas negras](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/empress-leilia/medium.jpg)

Photo: Steve Wells · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10099556

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/empress-leilia?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).