| Asterope | |
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| Asterope batesii Hewitson, 1850 Museum specimen. |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Biblidinae |
| Tribe: | Biblidini |
| Genus: | Asterope Hübner, 1819 |
| Type species | |
| Oreas sapphira Hübner, 1819 |
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| Diversity | |
| 7 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Callithea Feisthamel, 1835 |
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Asterope is a genus of brush-footed butterflies found in the Neotropical Ecozone.