Biology:Adelpha serpa
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Adelpha serpa | |
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| A. serpa observed in Brazil in 2018. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Adelpha |
| Species: | A. serpa
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| Binomial name | |
| Adelpha serpa (Boisduval, [1836])[1]
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Adelpha serpa, the celerio sister, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste 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.[2]
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Miconia multispicata, Conostegia subcrustulata, Sabicea species and Warszewiczia coccinea.[4]
Subspecies
- A. s. serpa (south-eastern Brazil to Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina)
- A. s. celerio (Bates, 1864) (Guatemala, Mexico to north-western Venezuela)
- A. s. diadochus Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Peru, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil: Pará)
- A. s. duiliae Fruhstorfer, 1913 (western Ecuador)
References
- ↑ "Adelpha Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Adelpha serpa in learnaboutbutterflies
- ↑ Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)
- ↑ "Parasitoid-Caterpillar-Plant Interactions". http://caterpillars.lifedesks.org/pages/297574.
Wikidata ☰ Q2824271 entry
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