Asterope (butterfly)

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

Asterope
Asterope batesii specimen
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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

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Listed alphabetically:[1][2]

References

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  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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