Adelotypa

Updated on Oct 25, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Family Riodinidae Subtribe Nymphidiina Rank Genus		Class Insecta Tribe Nymphidiini Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths

Similar Setabis, Butterflies and moths, Synargis, Argyrogrammana, Aricoris

Adelotypa is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. They are found in South America.

The type species of the genus is Adelotypa xanthobrunnea Warren, 1895, which was mistakenly described as a Geometridae species.

Species

Listed alphabetically:

Adelotypa annulifera (Godman, 1903) – cherry-spot

Adelotypa argiella (Bates, 1868) Brazil

Adelotypa asemna (Stichel, 1910) Bolivia, Brazil

Adelotypa bolena (Butler, 1867) Brazil, Paraguay

Adelotypa borsippa (Hewitson, 1863) Brazil

Adelotypa curulis (Hewitson, 1874) Ecuador, Bolivia

Adelotypa densemaculata (Hewitson, 1870) Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Adelotypa eudocia (Godman & Salvin, 1897) Mexico, Costa Rica

Adelotypa glauca (Godman & Salvin, [1886]) Costa Rica, Venezuela

Adelotypa malca (Schaus, 1902) Brazil

Adelotypa mollis (Butler, 1877) Brazil

Adelotypa penthea (Cramer, [1777]) French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Peru

Adelotypa sejuncta (Stichel, 1910) Brazil

Adelotypa tinea (Bates, 1868) Brazil

Adelotypa trinitatis (Lathy, 1932) Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago

Adelotypa zerna (Hewitson, 1872) Bolivia, Brazil

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