Biology:Adelpha nea
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Short description: Species of butterfly
Adelpha nea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Adelpha |
Species: | A. nea
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Binomial name | |
Adelpha nea (Hewitson, 1847)[1]
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Adelpha nea, the Nea sister, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1847. It is found from south-eastern Mexico, Belize and Costa Rica to Venezuela and southern Peru, the Guianas and Amazonian Brazil .[2]
The larvae feed on Miconia species.
Subspecies
- Adelpha nea nea (Costa Rica to Venezuela, southern Peru, the Guianas, Amazonian Brazil)
- Adelpha nea sentia Godman & Salvin, [1884] (south-eastern Mexico, Belize)
References
- ↑ "Adelpha Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Butterflies of America
- Adelpha nea at Butterflies of America
Wikidata ☰ Q2824263 entry
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