Tailed Emperor
Polyura sempronius
Also called Four-tail
The Tailed Emperor (Polyura sempronius) is a butterfly found in Australia, in the family Nymphalidae, the brush-footed butterflies. This site lists one subspecies: Polyura sempronius sempronius. Its caterpillars are known to feed on 46 plants, including Acacia mearnsii, Cassia fistula and Acacia dealbata. This page has 8 photos of its life cycle (final instar caterpillars and adults) by Bob Miller.
Subspecies
- Polyura sempronius sempronius 8 photos
Life cycle of the Tailed Emperor
Tailed Emperor caterpillars (final instar)
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Tailed Emperor adults
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Female, underside
Photos by Bob Miller. Free to use for any purpose (CC0). Select a photo to enlarge it or download the original. Using these photos. Add your own photo of this butterfly.
Caterpillar food plants
46 known food plants.
- Acacia baileyana
- Acacia dealbata
- Acacia longifolia
- Acacia maidenii
- Acacia mearnsii
- Acacia neriifolia
- Acacia podalyriifolia
- Acacia saligna
- Acacia spectabilis
- Adenanthera abrosperma
- Albizia canescens
- Albizia lebbeck
- Albizia procera
- Albizia retusa
- Brachychiton acerifolius
- Brachychiton discolor
- Brachychiton populneus
- Caesalpinia ferrea
- Caesalpinia gilliesii
- Caesalpinia mexicana
- Calliandra surinamensis
- Cassia fistula
- Cassia javanica
- Celtis occidentalis
- Celtis paniculata
- Celtis philippensis
- Celtis sinensis
- Cinnamomum camphora
- Delonix regia
- Guilfoylia monostylis
- Jasminum aemulum
- Lagerstroemia indica
- Mimosa pigra
- Ochna serrulata
- Pararchidendron pruinosum
- Paraserianthes lophantha
- Paraserianthes toona
- Peltophorum pterocarpum
- Quercus palustris
- Robinia pseudoacacia
- Schizolobium parahybum
- Senna alata
- Senna marksiana
- Senna surattensis
- Sterculia sp.
- Wisteria sp.