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title: "Tawny Emperor"
description: "Asterocampa clyton — Owady i pająki. Asterocampa clyton, the tawny emperor, is a species of brush-footed butterfly."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/tawny-emperor
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tawny Emperor

> Asterocampa clyton — Owady i pająki. Asterocampa clyton, the tawny emperor, is a species of brush-footed butterfly.

- Scientific name: *Asterocampa clyton*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 27174
- Wikidata: [Q2261521](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2261521)
- iNaturalist taxon: [58587](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58587)

## Names

- en: Tawny Emperor
- es: Mariposa emperatriz Tejana
- fr: Empereur fauve

## Countries with the most observations

US (24284), CA (986), MX (534)

## Summary

Asterocampa clyton, the tawny emperor, is a species of brush-footed butterfly. It is native to North America, especially the eastern half from Canada to northern Mexico. The tawny emperor should not be mistaken for a very similar Asterocampa butterfly, the hackberry emperor, which can be distinguished by the white spots near the tip of its forewing and the black eyespot lower along the edge of the forewing.
The upperside is mostly dark brown. The forewing is an orange-brown color with pale orange-yellow spots. The underside is mainly gray brown with the forewing having some black and pale yellowish markings. The wingspan…

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

## Photo

![Tawny Emperor](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tawny-emperor/medium.jpg)

Photo: Anne P · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/237512794

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tawny-emperor?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).