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Adelpha melona

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Species of butterfly

Melona sister
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Adelpha
Species: A. melona
Binomial name
Adelpha melona
(Hewitson, 1847)
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

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

The wingspan is about 50 mm.

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
Taxon identifiers
Adelpha melona
Limenitis melona


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