Asterope (butterfly)
| Asterope | |
|---|---|
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| Asterope batesii Hewitson, 1850 Museum specimen. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Biblidinae |
| Tribe: | Epiphilini |
| Genus: | Asterope Hübner, 1819 |
| Type species | |
| Oreas sapphira Hübner, [1819] | |
| Diversity | |
| 7 species | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Callithea Feisthamel, 1835 | |
Asterope is a genus of brush-footed butterflies found in the Neotropical Ecozone (South America).
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Asterope marki davisii, underside
Species
- Asterope adamsi Lathy
- Asterope batesii (Hewitson, 1850) – Bates' Asterope
- Asterope buckleyi (Hewitson, 1869)
- Asterope degandii Hewitson, 1858) – Hewitson's Glory
- Asterope fassli Röber
- Asterope freyja Röber
- Asterope leprieuri (Feisthamel, 1835) – Leprieur's Glory
- Asterope lugens Druce
- Asterope markii (Hewitson, 1857) – Dotted Glory
- Asterope optima (Butler, 1869)
- Asterope salvini Staudinger
- Asterope sapphira (Hübner, [1816])
- Asterope whitelyi Salvin, 1869
References
- Jenkins, D. W. 1987 Neotropical Nymphalidae VI. Revision of Asterope (=Callithea Auct.). Bull. Allyn Mus. 114, 1-66
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