Ethope Explained

Ethope is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1866.^[1]

Species

According to GBIF, there are five accepted species in this genus, however, no other reference lists E. spec.

• Ethope diademoides (Moore, 1878)
• Ethope henrici (Holland, 1887)
• Ethope himachala (Moore, 1857)
• Ethope noirei Janet, 1896
• Ethope spec (Moore, 1857)

An overview of the species is given by Fruhstorfer in Seitz (1927)^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ethope Moore, [1866]].
2. Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln