Biology:Asterope markii

Short description: Species of butterfly

Dotted glory
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Asterope
Species:	A. markii
Binomial name
Asterope markii (Hewitson, 1857)
Synonyms
Callithea markii Hewitson, 1857 Callithea wallacei Staudinger, 1886 Callithea refulgens Kaye, 1919 Callithea boyi Röber, 1924 Callithea hewitsoni Staudinger, 1886 Callithea davisii Butler, 1877

Asterope markii, the dotted glory, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Brazil , Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Guyana, and Venezuela.

The larvae feed on Paullinia species.

Subspecies

• Asterope markii markii (Hewitson, 1857) (Brazil (Amazonas))
• Asterope markii boyi (Röber, 1924) (Brazil (Pará))
• Asterope markii ackeryi Jenkins, 1987 (Brazil (Pará))
• Asterope markii hewitsoni (Staudinger, 1886) (Ecuador, Colombia)
• Asterope markii davisii (Butler, 1877) (Peru, Ecuador, Brazil (Acre))
• Asterope markii gallardi Neukirchen, 1996 (French Guiana)
• Asterope markii werneri Neukirchen, 1996 (Brazil (Amazonas))

External links

• Butterflies of the Amazon rainforest
• Linnean 18-1 – January 2002

Wikidata ☰ Q784684 entry