Asterope

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Biblidinae
Tribus: Biblidini
Subtribus: Epiphilina
Genus: Asterope
Species: A. batesii – A. buckleyi – A. degandii – A. leprieuri – A. markii – A. sapphira – A. whitelyi
Name

Asterope Hübner, 1819

Type species: Oreas sapphira Hübner, 1816
Synonyms

Callithea Feisthamel, 1835. Mag. Zool. CI.IX Ins. 5: pl. 122. TS: Callithea leprieuri Feisthamel, 1835
Callithea Boisduval, 1836. Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: pl. 10 [= pl. 6B]. TS: Oreas sapphira Hübner, 1816
Cyane Felder, 1861. Nova Acta Leop. Carol. 28 (3): 22. TS: Callithea leprieuri Feisthamel, 1835

References

Attal, S, 1999. New Neotropical Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 104(4): 369–374. Reference page.
Attal, Stéphane ; Roger Hiltbrand & Gabriel Rodriguez, 2006, Nouveaux Nymphalidae néotropicaux (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera), Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 111 (1): 35–42.
Attal, S. & Hiltbrand, R. 2009. Asterope markii Hewitson, 1857, two new subspecies in Peru and description of the male of A. markii gallardi Neukirchen, 1996 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 114(3): 293–296. Reference page.
Attal, S., Pacl, V. & Hiltbrand, R. 2020. Asterope degandii (Hewitson, 1858) : une nouvelle sous-espèce au sud de la Colombie (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae). Antenor 7(1): 14-18. Reference page.
Hübner, 1819, Verz. bek. Schmett. (5): 66.
Jenkins, D.W., 1987: Neotropical Nymphalidae. VI. Revision of Asterope (= Callithea auct.). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 114: 1–66. Full article: [1].
Lamas, G., 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist:Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea

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

Asterope marki davisii, underside

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1][2]

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

References

Asterope at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Asterope, Biolib

Jenkins, D. W. 1987 Neotropical Nymphalidae VI. Revision of Asterope (=Callithea Auct.). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 114, 1-66