Asterope leprieuri

Leprieur's glory
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Asterope
Species:	A. leprieuri
Binomial name
Asterope leprieuri (Feisthamel, 1835)[1]
Synonyms
Callithea leprieuri Feisthamel, 1835 Callithea optima f. eminens Röber, 1915 Callithea depuiseti f. eudia Röber, 1915 Callithea fassli Röber, 1915 Callithea freyja Röber, 1915

Asterope leprieuri, the Leprieur's glory, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Colombia to Brazil and Bolivia.^[2]

The wingspan is 50–60 mm.^[3]

Subspecies

• Asterope leprieuri leprieuri (Brazil (Pará))
• Asterope leprieuri depuiseti (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Peru, Bolivia)
• Asterope leprieuri optima (Butler, 1869) (Peru, Colombia, Ecuador)
• Asterope leprieuri philotima (Rebel, 1912) (Peru)

Etymology

The name honours François Mathias René Leprieur.

References

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