Adelpha melona, the Melona sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and South America.[2]

The wingspan is about 50 mm.[3]

Subspecies

  • A. m. melona (Brazil (Pará))
  • A. m. deborah Weeks, 1901 (Colombia)
  • A. m. leucocoma Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Brazil (Amazonas), Trinidad)
  • A. m. pseudarete Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • A. m. neildi Willmott, 2003 (Panama)

References

  1. ^ "Adelpha Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Butterflies of Amazonia[usurped]
  3. ^ Parque Nacional Sangay


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