Asterope (butterfly) explained

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

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

Jenkins, D. W. 1987 Neotropical Nymphalidae VI. Revision of Asterope (=Callithea Auct.). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 114, 1-66

External links

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Notes and References