Genus Apatura Fabricius, 1807

Potamis Hübner, [1806]: [1] (rejected). Type species: Papilio iris Linnaeus, 1758 . Apatura Fabricius, 1807: 280 . Type species: Papilio iris Linnaeus, 1758 .

This genus is comprised of four species from the Palaearctic region: Apatura ilia (Denis and Schiffermüller, 1775), Apatura metis Freyer, 1829, Apatura laverna Leech, 1893 (in China) and Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758) .