Asterope (butterfly)

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Asterope
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Asterope batesii specimen
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Asterope

Hübner, 1819
Type species
Oreas sapphira
Hübner, [1819]
Diversity
Seven species
Synonyms
  • CallitheaFeisthamel, 1835
  • CallitheaBoisduval, 1836 (non Feisthamel, 1835: preoccupied)
  • CyaneFelder, 1861

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

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Species

Listed alphabetically: [1] [2]

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References

  1. Asterope at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Asterope, Biolib