Adelpha plesaure

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;

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

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)

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References

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

External links

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