title: Asterocampa
text: # Asterocampa
  
  Asterocampa, commonly called hackberry butterflies or American emperors, is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found mainly in North and Central America and the Caribbean.
  
  ## Species
  
  The celtis species group:
  
  * Asterocampa celtis (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1835) – hackberry emperor
  * Asterocampa leilia (Edwards, 1874) – Empress Leilia or desert hackberry
  
  The clyton species group:
  
  * Asterocampa clyton (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1835) – tawny emperor
  * Asterocampa idyja (Geyer, 1828) – dusky emperor
  