Adelpha lycorias

Pink-banded sister
	A. l. lara from Peru
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Adelpha
Species:	A. lycorias
Binomial name
	Adelpha lycorias; (Godart, 1824)
Synonyms
	Nymphalis lycorias Godart, 1824 ; Papilio isis Drury, 1782 ; Adelpha isis divina Fruhstorfer, 1907 ; Adelpha isis pseudagrias Fruhstorfer, 1908 ; Adelpha isis panthalis Martin, [1923] ; Heterochroa lara Hewitson, 1850 ; Adelpha lara mainas Fruhstorfer, 1915 ; Adelpha lara f. transiens D'Abrera, 1987 ; Adelpha hypsenor Godman & Salvin, 1879 ; Adelpha hypsenor f. fassli Fruhstorfer, 1915 ; Heterochroa melanthe Bates, 1864 ; Adelpha melanippe Godman & Salvin, [1884] ; Heterochroa spruceana Bates, 1864 ;

Adelpha lycorias, the pink-banded sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

Description

Adelpha lycorias has a wingspan reaching about 50 millimetres (2.0 in). The uppersides of the wings are generally deep brown, with black apex of the anterior wings. The anterior wings are crossed by a broad band of pink or crimson, irregular in its outer margin, commencing on the middle of the costa and ending at the outer margin. The undersides are chocolate colour, while the nervure, the lines between them and the submarginal line are black. The band of the anterior wings is almost white, slightly tinged with crimson.

Larvae feed on Trema micrantha and on Urera, Myriocarpa and Cecropia species.

Distribution

This species can be found in Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Guatemala, usually between 500 and 1800 meters.

Subspecies

A. l. lycorias (Brazil)
A. l. lara (Hewitson, 1850) (Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador)
A. l. wallisii (Dewitz, 1877) (Colombia)
A. l. melanthe (Bates, 1864) (Mexico, Guatemala - Venezuela)
A. l. melanippe Godman & Salvin, 1884 (Colombia)

References

"Adelpha Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

External links

Adelpha lycorias
Butterflies of America Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

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