Adelpha serpa

Adelpha serpa, the celerio sister, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. It is found from Mexico to Brazil. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloudforests at elevations ranging from 300 to 2,000 meters.[2]

Adelpha serpa
A. serpa observed in Brazil in 2018.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Adelpha
Species:
A. serpa
Binomial name
Adelpha serpa
(Boisduval, [1836])[1]
Synonyms
  • Heterochroa serpa Boisduval, [1836]
  • Adelpha damon Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • Adelpha serpa f. ornamenta Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Heterochroa celerio Bates, 1864
  • Adelpha phintias Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • Adelpha diademeta Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • Adelpha serpa f. timehri Hall, 1938
  • Adelpha celerio florea Brévignon, 1995

The butterfly is 50–55 mm.[3]

Larva of Adelpha serpa.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Miconia multispicata, Conostegia subcrustulata, Sabicea species and Warszewiczia coccinea.[4]

Subspecies
  • A. s. serpa (south-eastern Brazil to Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina)
  • A. s. celerio (Bates, 1864) (Guatemala, Mexico to north-western Venezuela)
  • A. s. diadochus Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Peru, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil: Pará)
  • A. s. duiliae Fruhstorfer, 1913 (western Ecuador)

References
  1. "Adelpha Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Adelpha serpa in learnaboutbutterflies
  3. Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)
  4. "Parasitoid-Caterpillar-Plant Interactions". Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2014-01-09.


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