Adelpha
Andrew V. Z. Brower- Adelpha abia
- Adelpha abyla
- Adelpha alala
- Adelpha amazona
- Adelpha argentea
- Adelpha aricia
- Adelpha atlantica
- Adelpha attica
- Adelpha barnesia
- Adelpha basiloides
- Adelpha boeotia
- Adelpha boreas
- Adelpha bredowii
- Adelpha calliphane
- Adelpha capucinus
- Adelpha cocala
- Adelpha corcyra
- Adelpha coryneta
- Adelpha cytherea
- Adelpha delinita
- Adelpha demialba
- Adelpha diazi
- Adelpha diocles
- Adelpha donysa
- Adelpha epione
- Adelpha epizygis
- Adelpha erotia
- Adelpha erymanthis
- Adelpha ethelda
- Adelpha fabricia
- Adelpha falcipennis
- Adelpha felderi
- Adelpha fessonia
- Adelpha gavina
- Adelpha gelania
- Adelpha heraclea
- Adelpha herbita
- Adelpha hesterbergi
- Adelpha hyas
- Adelpha iphicleola
- Adelpha iphiclus
- Adelpha irmina
- Adelpha jordani
- Adelpha justina
- Adelpha lamasi
- Adelpha leuceria
- Adelpha leucerioides
- Adelpha leucophthalma
- Adelpha levona
- Adelpha lycorias
- Adelpha malea
- Adelpha melona
- Adelpha mesentina
- Adelpha messana
- Adelpha milleri
- Adelpha mythra
- Adelpha naxia
- Adelpha nea
- Adelpha olynthia
- Adelpha paraena
- Adelpha paroeca
- Adelpha phylaca
- Adelpha pithys
- Adelpha plesaure
- Adelpha pollina
- Adelpha poltius
- Adelpha radiata
- Adelpha rothschildi
- Adelpha salmoneus
- Adelpha salus
- Adelpha saundersii
- Adelpha seriphia
- Adelpha serpa
- Adelpha shuara
- Adelpha sichaeus
- Adelpha stilesiana
- Adelpha syma
- Adelpha thesprotia
- Adelpha thessalia
- Adelpha thoasa
- Adelpha tracta
- Adelpha viola
- Adelpha ximena
- Adelpha zea
- Adelpha zina
Introduction
The genus Adelpha is a diverse radiation of neotropical limenitidines. Many are brown with orange forewing patches and white stripes, and it is suggested that there is mimicry among geographically sympatric species. The genus has been revised recently by Willmott (2003a, b).
References
Lamas G ed. 2004. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
Willmott KR. 2003. Cladistic analysis of the neotropical butterfly genus Adelpha (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), with comments on the subtribal classification of Limenitidini. Syst. Ent. 28: 279-322.
Willmott KR. 2003. The genus Adelpha: its systematics, biology and biogeography (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidini). Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FLA.
Willmott KR, and Hall JPW. 1995. Two new species of Adelpha from eastern Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 6: 106-109.
Willmott KR, and Hall JPW. 1999. Taxonomic notes on Ecuadorean Adelpha, with the description of two new species and seven new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae). Tropical Lepidoptera 10: 1-17.
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Scientific Name | Adelpha bredowii |
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Location | Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona, USA |
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The copyright owner has released this image under the Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Creative Commons License. source: flickr: California Sister, 1 024 |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Copyright | © 2004 Anita Gould |
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