Adelpha melona
Species of butterfly
Melona sister | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Adelpha |
Species: | A. melona |
Binomial name | |
Adelpha melona (Hewitson, 1847)[1] | |
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Adelpha melona, the Melona sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and South America.[2]
The wingspan is about 50 mm.[3]
Subspecies
- A. m. melona (Brazil (Pará))
- A. m. deborah Weeks, 1901 (Colombia)
- A. m. leucocoma Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Brazil (Amazonas), Trinidad)
- A. m. pseudarete Fruhstorfer, 1915
- A. m. neildi Willmott, 2003 (Panama)
References
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