Asterope batesii

Bates' Asterope
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Biblidini
Genus: Asterope
Species: A. batesii
Binomial name
Asterope batesii
(Hewitson, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Callithea batesii Hewitson, 1850
  • Callithea batesii munduruca Fassl, 1922
  • Callithea batesii aimeeana Fassl, 1922

Bates' Asterope (Asterope batesii) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in inland Brazil, including Ayeyros, along the Tapajós and in Tefé on the Upper Amazon.

The larvae feed on Paullinia species.

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