Asterope (butterfly)
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Asterope batesii specimen | |
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Tribe: | Epiphilini
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Genus: | Asterope Hübner, 1819
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Hübner, [1819]
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Asterope is a genus of brush-footed butterflies found in the Neotropical realm (South America).
Asterope marki davisii, underside
Species[]
- Lathy
- Asterope batesii (Hewitson, 1850) – Bates' asterope
- (Hewitson, 1869)
- Hewitson, 1858) – Hewitson's glory
- Röber
- Röber
- Asterope leprieuri (Feisthamel, 1835) – Leprieur's glory
- Druce
- Asterope markii (Hewitson, 1857) – dotted glory
- Asterope optima (Butler, 1869)
- Staudinger
- (Hübner, [1816])
- Salvin, 1869
References[]
- Jenkins, D. W. 1987 Neotropical Nymphalidae VI. Revision of Asterope (=Callithea Auct.). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 114, 1-66
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Categories:
- Biblidinae
- Nymphalidae of South America
- Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
- Nymphalidae genera
- Biblidinae stubs