Adelpha cytherea

Smooth-banded sister
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Adelpha
Species:	A. cytherea
Binomial name
Adelpha cytherea (Linnaeus, 1758) [1]
Synonyms
Papilio cythereaLinnaeus, 1758 Papilio eleusLinnaeus, 1758 Papilio elaeaMüller, 1774 Adelpha lanillaFruhstorfer, 1913 Adelpha lanillaFruhstorfer, 1915 Heterochroa aeaC. & R. Felder, [1867] Adelpha cytherea herenniaFruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha cytherea daguanaFruhstorfer, 1913 Adelpha daguanaFruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha tarratiaFruhstorfer, 1913 Adelpha tarratiaFruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha cytherea despoliataFruhstorfer, 1915 Heterochroa olbiaC. & R. Felder, [1867] Adelpa nahuaGrose-Smith, 1898 Adelpha wernickeiRöber, 1923

Adelpha cytherea, the smooth-banded sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and South America.

Subspecies

• A. c. cytherea (Peru, Bolivia)
• A. c. aea(C. & R. Felder, [1867]) (Brazil: Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
• A. c. daguanaFruhstorfer, 1913 (Ecuador, Colombia)
• A. c. insularisFruhstorfer, 1913 (Trinidad)
• A. c. marciaFruhstorfer, 1913 (Honduras and Guatemala to Colombia)
• A. c. nahuaGrose-Smith, 1898 (Venezuela, Colombia)
• A. c. olbia(C. & R. Felder, [1867]) (Colombia)

References

1. "Adelpha Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

External links

• Media related to Adelpha cytherea at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Adelpha cytherea at Wikispecies