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''Asterope'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of brush-footed butterflies found in the
Neotropical realm The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bi ...
(
South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...
). File:Asteropemarkiidavisi.jpg, ''Asterope marki davisii'', underside


Species

Listed alphabetically:Asterope
Biolib * ''
Asterope adamsi Asterope may refer to: * Asterope (Greek mythology) * ''Asterope'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus * Asterope, the IAU-approved proper name of the star 21 Tauri * 233 Asterope, a main-belt asteroid * AsteRope, a pair of parallel circumferential te ...
'' Lathy * '' Asterope batesii'' (Hewitson, 1850) – Bates' asterope * ''
Asterope buckleyi Asterope may refer to: * Asterope (Greek mythology) * ''Asterope'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus * Asterope, the IAU-approved proper name of the star 21 Tauri * 233 Asterope, a main-belt asteroid * AsteRope, a pair of parallel circumferential te ...
'' (Hewitson, 1869) * ''
Asterope degandii Asterope may refer to: * Asterope (Greek mythology) * ''Asterope'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus * Asterope, the IAU-approved proper name of the star 21 Tauri * 233 Asterope, a main-belt asteroid * AsteRope, a pair of parallel circumferential te ...
'' Hewitson, 1858) – Hewitson's glory * ''
Asterope fassli Asterope may refer to: * Asterope (Greek mythology) * ''Asterope'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus * Asterope, the IAU-approved proper name of the star 21 Tauri * 233 Asterope, a main-belt asteroid * AsteRope, a pair of parallel circumferential te ...
'' Röber * ''
Asterope freyja Asterope may refer to: * Asterope (Greek mythology) * ''Asterope'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus * Asterope, the IAU-approved proper name of the star 21 Tauri * 233 Asterope, a main-belt asteroid * AsteRope, a pair of parallel circumferential te ...
'' Röber * ''
Asterope leprieuri ''Asterope leprieuri'', the Leprieur's glory, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Colombia to Brazil and Bolivia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one ...
'' (Feisthamel, 1835) – Leprieur's glory * ''
Asterope lugens Asterope may refer to: * Asterope (Greek mythology) * ''Asterope'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus * Asterope, the IAU-approved proper name of the star 21 Tauri * 233 Asterope, a main-belt asteroid * AsteRope, a pair of parallel circumferential te ...
'' Druce * ''
Asterope markii ''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 ''Paullinia'' is a genus of flowering shrubs ...
'' (Hewitson, 1857) – dotted glory * ''
Asterope optima ''Asterope optima'' is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Description The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–20 ...
'' (Butler, 1869) * ''
Asterope salvini Asterope may refer to: * Asterope (Greek mythology) * ''Asterope'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus * Asterope, the IAU-approved proper name of the star 21 Tauri * 233 Asterope, a main-belt asteroid * AsteRope, a pair of parallel circumferential te ...
'' Staudinger * ''
Asterope sapphira Asterope may refer to: * Asterope (Greek mythology) * ''Asterope'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus * Asterope, the IAU-approved proper name of the star 21 Tauri * 233 Asterope, a main-belt asteroid * AsteRope, a pair of parallel circumferential te ...
'' (Hübner, 816 * ''
Asterope whitelyi Asterope may refer to: * Asterope (Greek mythology) * ''Asterope'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus * Asterope, the IAU-approved proper name of the star 21 Tauri * 233 Asterope, a main-belt asteroid * AsteRope, a pair of parallel circumferential te ...
'' Salvin, 1869


References

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


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Biblidinae Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by Jacob Hübner Nymphalidae genera {{Biblidinae-stub