Asterope (butterfly)

Asterope
Asterope batesii specimen
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Asterope

Hübner, 1819
Type species
Oreas sapphira
Hübner, [1819]
Diversity
Seven species
Synonyms
  • Callithea Feisthamel, 1835
  • Callithea Boisduval, 1836 (non Feisthamel, 1835: preoccupied)
  • Cyane Felder, 1861

Asterope is a genus of brush-footed butterflies found in the Neotropical realm (South America).