Asterope markii

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: Asterope markii
Subspecies: (9):
A. m. ackeryi – A. m. boyi – A. m. davisii – A. m. gallardi – A. m. hewitsoni – A. m. markii – A. m. morphoides – A. m. selectus – A. m. werneri
Name

Asterope markii (Hewitson, 1857)
Synonyms

Callithea markii Hewitson, 1857
Callithea wallacei Staudinger, 1886
Callithea refulgens Kaye, 1919

Name

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.
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.
Neukirchen, W.M., 1996: Neue exotische Schmetterlinge der Genera Asterope und Callicore (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 105 (19): 381–386.
Neukirchen, W.M., 1996: Ein neues Taxon der Gattung Asterope nebst Abbildung bislang unbekannter Weibchen (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 106 (1): 1–4.

Asterope markii, the dotted glory, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Guyana, and Venezuela.

The larvae feed on Paullinia species.
Subspecies

Asterope markii markii (Hewitson, 1857) (Brazil (Amazonas))
Asterope markii boyi (Röber, 1924) (Brazil (Pará))
Asterope markii ackeryi Jenkins, 1987 (Brazil (Pará))
Asterope markii hewitsoni (Staudinger, 1886) (Ecuador, Colombia)
Asterope markii davisii (Butler, 1877) (Peru, Ecuador, Brazil (Acre))
Asterope markii gallardi Neukirchen, 1996 (French Guiana)
Asterope markii werneri Neukirchen, 1996 (Brazil (Amazonas))