''Asterope markii'', the dotted glory, is a species of

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of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in

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Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

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Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

, and

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. The larvae feed on ''

Paullinia ''Paullinia'' is a genus of flowering shrubs, small trees and lianas in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, native to tropical South America, Central America and the Caribbean. The genus is named after the German medical botanist Christian ...

'' 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))

External links

Butterflies of the Amazon rainforestLinnean 18-1 – January 2002
Fauna of Brazil Biblidinae Nymphalidae of South America Butterflies described in 1857 Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Biblidinae-stub