Adelpha

Adelpha
Band-celled Sister (A. fessonia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Rhopalocera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Limenitidinae
Genus: Adelpha
Hübner, 1819
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Heterochroa Boisduval, [1836]

Adelpha is a genus of brush-footed butterflies found in 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).

Species

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

The alala species-group:

The capucinus species-group:

The cocala species-group:

Adelpha thessalia

The iphiclus species-group:

The phylaca species-group:

A. mesentina
A. messana delphicola
Southern Amazon, Brazil

The serpa species-group:

Ungrouped:

See also

References

  1. National Audubon Society (1981). Robert Michael Pyle, ed. The Audubon Society field guide to North American butterflies. Knopf. ISBN 9780394519142.
  2. Adelpha, funet.fi
  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.

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