Adelpha

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Adelpha
Butterfly sucking a banana top.JPG
Band-celled sister (A. fessonia)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Limenitidini
Genus: Adelpha
Hübner, 1819
Species

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Synonyms
  • HeterochroaBoisduval, [1836]

Adelpha is a genus of brush-footed butterflies found from the southern United States and Mexico to South America. They are commonly known as sisters, due to the white markings on their wings, which resemble a nun's habit. [1] This genus is sometimes included with the admiral butterflies ( Limenitis ).

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Species

Listed alphabetically within species group: [2] [3]

The alala species group:

Adelpha alala Alala Sister, Arvi Park, Colombia.jpg
Adelpha alala

The capucinus species group:

The cocala species group:

Adelpha thessalia Thessalia Sister (Adelpha thessalia), Iguazu Falls.jpg
Adelpha thessalia

The iphiclus species group:

Adelpha plesaure Nymphalidae - Adelpha plesaure.JPG
Adelpha plesaure

The phylaca species group:

A. mesentina Adelpha mesentina.jpg
A. mesentina
A. messana delphicola
Southern Amazon, Brazil Messana sister (Adelpha messana delphicola).jpg
A. messana delphicola
Southern Amazon, Brazil

The serpa species group:

Adelpha californica Adelpha californica-2.jpg
Adelpha californica

Ungrouped:

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References

  1. National Audubon Society (1981). Robert Michael Pyle (ed.). The Audubon Society field guide to North American butterflies . Knopf. ISBN   9780394519142.
  2. "Adelpha Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Jeffrey Glassberg (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. ISBN   978-1-4243-0915-3. pp.97-101.