Adelpha melona

Adelpha melona, the Melona sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and South America.[2]

Adelpha melona
Dorsal View
Ventral View
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Adelpha
Species:
A. melona
Binomial name
Adelpha melona
(Hewitson, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
  • Heterochroa melona Hewitson, 1847
  • Heterochroa arete Ménétries, 1857
  • Adelpha arete cibyra Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Adelpha melona meridionalis Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Adelpha biedermanni Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Adelpha melona nonsecta Kaye, 1925

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


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.