Adelpha plesaure

Adelpha plesaure, the pleasure sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

Adelpha plesaure
From Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Adelpha
Species:	A. plesaure
Binomial name
Adelpha plesaure Hübner, 1823
Synonyms
Adelpha plesaure Hübner, 1823 Adelpha heredia Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha antoniae Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha plesaure Hübner, [1819] (nom. nud.) Adelpha plesaure hereida Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha plesaure antoniae Fruhstorfer, 1915 Heterochroa euboea C. & R. Felder, [1867] Adelpha phliassa bartolme Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha phliassa implicata Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha plesaure cerachates Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha plesaure sirona Fruhstorfer, 1915

Description

Adelpha plesaure has a wingspan reaching about 48 millimetres (1.9 in). The uppersides of the wings are generally deep brown. The anterior wings have a large orange patch, while the hindwings are crossed by a broad white band. The undersides are pale chocolate colour, crossed by several white bands, with brown edges.

Distribution

This species can be found in Guyana, Bolivia and Brazil.

Subspecies

• A. p. plesaure (Brazil)
• A. p. phliassa (Godart, 1824) (French Guiana, Surinam, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia)
• A. p. pseudomalea Hall, 1938 (Venezuela)
• A. p. symona Kaye, 1925 (Trinidad)

References

• "Adelpha Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

External links

• Adelpha plesaure
• Neotropical butterflies