Adelpha radiata

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Adelpha radiata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Adelpha
Species:
A. radiata
Binomial name
Adelpha radiata

Adelpha radiata, the striated sister, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1915. It is found from Costa Rica and Panama to Ecuador, Venezuela, French Guiana and Brazil.[2]

Subspecies[]

  • A. r. radiata (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catharina)
  • A. r. aiellae Willmott & Hall, 1999 (Panama to western Ecuador)
  • A. r. explicator Willmott & Hall, 1999 (eastern Ecuador)
  • A. r. gilletella Brévignon, 1995 (French Guiana)
  • A. r. myrlea Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Brazil: Espirito Santo to Rio de Janeiro)
  • A. r. romeroi Willmott & Neild, 2003 (Venezuela)

References[]

  1. ^ "Adelpha Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Butterflies of America


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