Asterope (butterfly)

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

  • 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:[1][2]

  • 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
  1. Asterope at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Asterope, Biolib
  • Jenkins, D. W. 1987 Neotropical Nymphalidae VI. Revision of Asterope (=Callithea Auct.). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 114, 1-66


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