Theope

***Theope*** er en artsrik slekt av dagsommerfugler som tilhører familien Riodinidae.
## Utseende
Små til middelsstore (vingespenn 17-45 millimeter) sommerfugler. Hannene er vanligvis blåfarget metalliske på oversiden, men det finnes også arter som er hovedsakelig oransje eller hvite. Undersiden er temmelig ensfarget gulbrun.

## Levevis
Disse sommerfuglene lever i fuktig skog, gjerne tropisk regnskog. Larvene er knyttet til maur i underfamilien Dolichoderinae, som steller og beskytter dem. Larven har noen merkelige, klubbeformede vedheng bak hodet, disse har trolig sammenheng med maurene.

## Utbredelse
Slekten er utbredt i Mellom- og Sør-Amerika, fra Mexico i nord til det sørlige Brasil i sør.

## Systematisk inndeling

* Ordenen sommerfugler, Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
** Gruppen Glossata
*** Gruppen Coelolepida
**** Gruppen Myoglossata
***** Gruppen Neolepidoptera
****** Gruppen Heteroneura
******* Gruppen Eulepidoptera
******** Gruppen Ditrysia
********* Gruppen Apoditrysia
********** Gruppen storsommerfugler, Macrolepidoptera
*********** Gruppen dagsommerfugler, Rhopalocera
************ Overfamilien egentlige dagsommerfugler, Papilionoidea
************* Familien Riodinidae – ca. 1500 arter, noen ganger regnet til Lycaenidae
************** Underfamilien Riodininae 
*************** stammen Nymphidiini 
**************** Slekten ***Theope*** Doubleday, 1847
***************** *[[Theope acosma]]* Stichel, 1910
***************** *[[Theope amicitiae]]* Hall, J, Gallard & Brévignon, 1998
***************** *[[Theope antanitis]]* (Hewitson, 1874)
***************** *[[Theope apheles]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope archimedes]]* (Fabricius, 1793)
***************** *[[Theope atima]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope aureonitens]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope azurea]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope bacenis]]* Schaus, 1890
***************** *[[Theope barea]]* Godman & Salvin, 1878
***************** *[[Theope basilea]]* Bates, H, 1866
***************** *[[Theope batesi]]* Hall, J, 1998
***************** *[[Theope brevignoni]]* (Gallard, 1996)
***************** *[[Theope busbyi]]* Hall, J, 1998
***************** *[[Theope caroli]]* Brevignon, 2011
***************** *[[Theope christiani]]* Hall, J & Willmott, 1999
***************** *[[Theope comosa]]* Stichel, 1911
***************** *[[Theope cratylus]]* Godman & Salvin, 1886
***************** *[[Theope dabrerae]]* Hall, J & Willmott, 1996
***************** *[[Theope decorata]]* Godman & Salvin, 1878
***************** *[[Theope devriesi]]* Hall, J & Willmott, 1996
***************** *[[Theope discus]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope ebera]]* Brevignon, 2011
***************** *[[Theope ernestinae]]* Brevignon, 2011
***************** *[[Theope eudocia]]* Westwood, 1851
***************** *[[Theope eupolis]]* Schaus, 1890
***************** *[[Theope eurygonina]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope excelsa]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope fayneli]]* Gallard, 2002
***************** *[[Theope fernandezi]]* Brevignon, 2011
***************** *[[Theope foliolum]]* Brevignon, 2011
***************** *[[Theope foliorum]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope fracisi]]* Brevignon, 2010
***************** *[[Theope galionicus]]* Gallard & Brévignon, 1989
***************** *[[Theope guillaumei]]* Gallard, 1996
***************** *[[Theope hypoleuca]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope iani]]* Willmott & J. Hall, 1994
***************** *[[Theope janus]]* Bates, H, 1867
***************** *[[Theope johannispetreus]]* Brevignon, 2010
***************** *[[Theope kingi]]* Hall, J & Willmott, 1996
***************** *[[Theope lampropteryx]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope leucanthe]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope lichyi]]* Brevignon, 2011
***************** *[[Theope lycaenina]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope martinae]]* Brevignon, 2011
***************** *[[Theope matuta]]* Godman & Salvin, 1897
***************** *[[Theope methemona]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope minialba]]* Gallard, 2006
***************** *[[Theope mundula]]* Stichel, 1926
***************** *[[Theope nobilis]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope nodosus]]* Hall, J, 1999
***************** *[[Theope nycteis]]* (Westwood, 1851)
***************** *[[Theope orphana]]* (Stichel, 1911)
***************** *[[Theope palambata]]* Gallard, 2009
***************** *[[Theope pakitza]]* Hall, J & Harvey, 1998
***************** *[[Theope pedias]]* Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
***************** *[[Theope pepo]]* Willmott & J. Hall, 1994
***************** *[[Theope phaeo]]* Prittwitz, 1865
***************** *[[Theope philotes]]* (Westwood, 1851)
***************** *[[Theope pieridoides]]* Felder, C & R. Felder, 1865
***************** *[[Theope pseudopedias]]* Hall, J, 1999
***************** *[[Theope publius]]* Felder, C & R. Felder, 1861
***************** *[[Theope rochambellus]]* Brevignon, 2010
***************** *[[Theope sanjuani]]* D'Abrera, 1994
***************** *[[Theope saphir]]* Brevignon, 2009
***************** *[[Theope sericea]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope simplicia]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope sisemina]]* Seitz, 1920
***************** *[[Theope sobrina]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope speciosa]]* Godman & Salvin, 1897
***************** *[[Theope sticheli]]* Hall, J, 1998
***************** *[[Theope syngenes]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope terambus]]* (Godart, 1824)
***************** *[[Theope tetrastigma]]* Bates, H, 1868
***************** *[[Theope tetrastigmoides]]* Hall, 2008
***************** *[[Theope theritas]]* Hewitson, 1860
***************** *[[Theope thestias]]* Hewitson, 1860
***************** *[[Theope thootes]]* Hewitson, 1860
***************** *[[Theope turneri]]* Hall, J & Austin, 1997
***************** *[[Theope villai]]* Beutelspacher, 1981
***************** *[[Theope virgilius]]* (Fabricius, 1793)
***************** *[[Theope wallacei]]* Hall, J, 1998
***************** *[[Theope zarafan]]* Brevignon, 2011
***************** *[[Theope zostera]]* Bates, H, 1868

## Kilder
* Brower, A.V.Z. (2011) *Theope* på *Tree of life* http://tolweb.org/Theope/105836
* Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Sjekkliste over artene. Hentet 7.2. 2012

## Eksterne lenker
* 
* Butterflies of America – *Theope bacenis* http://butterfliesofamerica.com/theope_bacenis.htm 
* Butterflies of America – *Theope virgilius* http://butterfliesofamerica.com/theope_virgilius.htm 
* Bilde av en larve med en maur i slekten ''Azteca''