Asterope leprieuri

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Leprieur's glory
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Asterope leprieuri. Dorsal view
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Asterope
Species:
A. leprieuri
Binomial name
Asterope leprieuri
(Feisthamel, 1835) [1]
Synonyms
  • Callithea leprieuriFeisthamel, 1835
  • Callithea optima f. eminensRöber, 1915
  • Callithea depuiseti f. eudiaRöber, 1915
  • Callithea fassliRöber, 1915
  • Callithea freyjaRöber, 1915

Asterope leprieuri, the Leprieur's glory, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Colombia to Brazil and Bolivia. [2]

Contents

The wingspan is 50–60 mm. [3]

Subspecies

Etymology

The name honours François Mathias René Leprieur.

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References

  1. Asterope at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Asterope leprieuri, Butterflies of Amazonia
  3. "Butterfly Corner". Archived from the original on 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2011-05-20.