Asterope
Callithea
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A rather scarce neotropical genus of striking medium-sized velvety blue butterflies. The African genus Sevenia includes species whose ventral hindwing markings are remarkably similar to members of Asterope.
Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
The topology is based on an unpblished cladistic reanalysis using implied weights by Ivonne Garzon (U. New Orleans) of the morphlogical data presented in Jenkins (1987).
References
Jenkins, D. W. 1987 Neotropical Nymphalidae VI. Revision of Asterope (=Callithea Auct.). Bull. Allyn Mus. 114, 1-66.
Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
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Page copyright © 2006
- First online 06 November 2006
- Content changed 23 October 2007
Citing this page:
Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2007. Asterope http://tolweb.org/Asterope/70465/2007.10.23 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
. Callithea . Version 23 October 2007 (under construction).