Asterope leprieuri

Leprieur's Glory
Dorsal View
Ventral View
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Asterope
Species: A. leprieuri
Binomial name
Asterope leprieuri
(Feisthamel, 1835)[1]
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

Leprieur's Glory (Asterope leprieuri) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Colombia to Brazil and Bolivia.[2]

The wingspan is 50–60 mm.[3]

Subspecies

Etymology

The name honours François Mathias René Leprieur.

References

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