- Asterope (butterfly)
Taxobox
name = "Asterope"
image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Asterope batesii" Hewitson, 1850 Museum specimen.
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
unranked_familia =Rhopalocera
superfamilia =Papilionoidea
familia =Nymphalidae
subfamilia =Biblidinae
tribus =Biblidini
genus = Asterope
genus_authority = Hübner, 1819
type_species = "Oreas sapphira"
type_species_authority =Hübner , 1819
diversity_link = Asterope
diversity = 7 species
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision =
* "A. batesii"
* "A. buckleyi"
* "A. degandii"
* "A. leprieuri"
* "A. markii"
* "A. sapphira"
* "A. whitelyi"
synonyms =
* "Callithea" Feisthamel
* "Callithea" Boisduval
* "Cyane" Felder"Asterope" is a genus of nymphalid butterfly found in the Neotropical Ecozone.
References
* Jenkins, D. W. 1987 Neotropical Nymphalidae VI. Revision of "Asterope" (="Callithea" Auct.). "Bull. Allyn Mus." 114, 1-66
External links
* [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/biblidinae/asterope/index.html Asterope at funet.fi]
* [http://www.tolweb.org/Asterope TOL]
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