Asterope (butterfly)

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

Species

Listed alphabetically:

• Asterope adamsi <small>Lathy</small>
• Asterope batesii <small>(Hewitson, 1850)</small> – Bates' asterope
• Asterope buckleyi <small>(Hewitson, 1869)</small>
• Asterope degandii <small>Hewitson, 1858)</small> – Hewitson's glory
• Asterope fassli <small>Röber</small>
• Asterope freyja <small>Röber</small>
• Asterope leprieuri <small>(Feisthamel, 1835)</small> – Leprieur's glory
• Asterope lugens <small>Druce</small>
• Asterope markii <small>(Hewitson, 1857)</small> – dotted glory
• Asterope optima <small>(Butler, 1869)</small>
• Asterope salvini <small>Staudinger</small>
• Asterope sapphira <small>(Hübner, [1816])</small>
• Asterope whitelyi <small>Salvin, 1869</small>

References

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

External links

• TOL