Adelotypa

Adelotypa
Adelotypa borsippa figures 35 and 36
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Riodininae
Tribe:	Nymphidiini
Subtribe:	Pandemina
Genus:	Adelotypa Warren, 1895
Species
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Adelotypa is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. They are found in South America. ^[1]

The type species of the genus is Adelotypa xanthobrunnea Warren, 1895, which was mistakenly described as a Geometridae species.

Species

As of 2023, the following species remain in the genus.

• Adelotypa bolena (Butler, 1867) Brazil, Paraguay
• Adelotypa borsippa (Hewitson, 1863) Brazil

The following species have been transferred elsewhere or synonymised. Listed alphabetically: ^[1]

• Adelotypa annulifera (Godman, 1903) – cherry-spot ^[2]
• Adelotypa argiella (Bates, 1868) Brazil
• Adelotypa asemna (Stichel, 1910) Bolivia, Brazil
• Adelotypa curulis (Hewitson, 1874) Ecuador, Bolivia
• Adelotypa densemaculata (Hewitson, 1870) Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
• Adelotypa eudocia (Godman & Salvin, 1897) Mexico, Costa Rica
• Adelotypa glauca (Godman & Salvin, [1886]) Costa Rica, Venezuela
• Adelotypa malca (Schaus, 1902) Brazil
• Adelotypa mollis (Butler, 1877) Brazil
• Adelotypa penthea (Cramer, [1777]) French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Peru
• Adelotypa sejuncta (Stichel, 1910) Brazil
• Adelotypa tinea (Bates, 1868) Brazil
• Adelotypa trinitatis (Lathy, 1932) Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago
• Adelotypa zerna (Hewitson, 1872) Bolivia, Brazil

References

1. Adelotypa, funet.fi
2. Cherry-spot, Learn about Butterflies

External links

• Adelotypa, Butterflies of America
• Adelotypa, Tree of Life