Asterope (butterfly)

Asterope is a genus of brush-footed butterflies found in the Neotropical realm (South America).

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  Asterope marki davisii, underside

Asterope
Asterope batesii 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
Seven species
Synonyms
Callithea Feisthamel, 1835 Callithea Boisduval, 1836 (non Feisthamel, 1835: preoccupied) Cyane Felder, 1861

Species

Listed alphabetically:

• 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.). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 114, 1-66

External links

• TOL