Asterope (butterfly)

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Biblidinae Scientific name Asterope Rank Genus		Family Nymphalidae Tribe Epiphilini Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths

Lower classifications Asterope leprieuri, Asterope markii, Asterope batesii

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

Species

Listed alphabetically:

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

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