Biology:Adelotypa bolena

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Adelotypa bolena
Scientific classification edit
Missing taxonomy template (fix): Adelotypa
Species:
Template:Taxonomy/AdelotypaA. bolena
Binomial name
Template:Taxonomy/AdelotypaAdelotypa bolena
(Butler, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Lemonias bolena Butler, 1867
  • Calospila bolena Doubleday, 1847
  • Adelotypa xanthobrunnea Warren, 1895

Adelotypa bolena is a species of butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It is found in Brazil and Paraguay. It is the type species of the genus Adelotypa.[1]

Description

Bright yellow, the base of the wings, a broad apical band of the forewing, the apex and anal angle of the hindwing resembling the colour of the trunk of a tree. The shape of the broad apical spot seems to be different at every habitat. Beneath dark-yellow on light-yellow, marked with dashes shape of the broad apical spot seems to be different at every habitat. Found singly and not common; flies in day-time and likes to rest on the trunks of trees.[2] [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ Adelotypa at funet
  2. ↑ Seitz after Hans Stichel Mss., 1913. Family: Riodinidae. In A. Seitz (editor), Macrolepidoptera of the World, vol. 5: 333–356. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain..
  3. ↑ Stichel, H. 1910–1911. Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera, Riodinidae in Wytsman, P. 1866–1925. Genera Insectorum. Fasc. 112: 1–452, 27 pls.H. 1910–1911. Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera, Riodinidae in Wytsman, P. 1866–1925. Genera Insectorum. Fasc. 112: 1–452, 27 pls.
  4. ↑ Butler, A.G. 1867 A Monograph of the Genus Lemonias, with Descriptions of New Species in the Collection of the British Museum, including other forms sometimes placed in that Genus J. Linn. Soc. Zool. Lond. 9 (36) : 213-229, pl. 6-7

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