Asterope leprieuri

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

Leprieur's glory
Asterope leprieuri. Dorsal 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

The wingspan is 50–60 mm.^[3]

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.