Adelpha mesentina

Adelpha mesentina, the mesentina sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the eastern Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia and also on the Guiana Shield and throughout the central and western Amazon basin.[2]

Adelpha mesentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Adelpha
Species:
A. mesentina
Binomial name
Adelpha mesentina
Cramer, 1777[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio mesentina Cramer, 1777
  • Adelpha mesentina var. chancha Staudinger, 1886

The wingspan is about 54 mm.[3]

References
  1. "Adelpha Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Butterflies of Amazonia
  3. Parque Nacional Sangay


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