Asterope leprieuri

Leprieur's glory
Asterope leprieuri. Dorsal view
Scientific classification
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]

The wingspan is 50–60 mm. ^[3]

Subspecies

• Asterope leprieuri leprieuri (Brazil (Pará))
• Asterope leprieuri depuiseti(C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Peru, Bolivia)
• Asterope leprieuri optima (Butler, 1869) (Peru, Colombia, Ecuador)
• Asterope leprieuri philotima(Rebel, 1912) (Peru)

Etymology

The name honours François Mathias René Leprieur.

References

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