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Adelpha serpa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Genus
  
Adelpha

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

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Adelpha serpa, the Celerio Sister, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by 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.

The butterfly is 50–55 mm.

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

Subspecies

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

    • References

    Adelpha serpa Wikipedia
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