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Asterope leprieuri

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Species of butterfly

Leprieur's glory
Asterope leprieuri. Dorsal view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Asterope
Species: A. leprieuri
Binomial name
Asterope leprieuri
(Feisthamel, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Callithea leprieuri Feisthamel, 1835
  • Callithea optima f. eminens Röber, 1915
  • Callithea depuiseti f. eudia Röber, 1915
  • Callithea fassli Röber, 1915
  • Callithea freyja Röber, 1915

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 is 50–60 mm.

Subspecies

  • Asterope leprieuri leprieuri (Brazil (Pará))
  • Asterope leprieuri depuiseti (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Peru, Bolivia)
  • Asterope leprieuri optima (Butler, 1869) (Peru, Colombia, Ecuador)
  • Asterope leprieuri philotima (Rebel, 1912) (Peru)

Etymology

The name honours François Mathias René Leprieur.

References

  1. Asterope at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Asterope leprieuri, Butterflies of Amazonia
  3. "Butterfly Corner". Archived from the original on 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
Taxon identifiers
Asterope leprieuri


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