Adelpha cocala

Adelpha cocala

Adelpha cocala in Cramer and Stoll's Uitlandsche kapellen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Adelpha
Species:	A. cocala
Binomial name
*Adelpha cocala* (Cramer, 1779)^[1]
Synonyms
Papilio cocala Cramer, [1779] Heterochroa urraca C. & R. Felder, 1862 Adelpha urracina Fruhstorfer, 1913 Adelpha saparua Fruhstorfer, 1913 Adelpha cocala lorzina Fruhstorfer, 1915 Heterochroa lorzae Boisduval, 1870 Adelpha cocalina Fruhstorfer, 1913 Adelpha cocalina Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha fufia Fruhstorfer, 1913 Adelpha cocala fufina Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha cocala riola ab. chlide d'Almeida, 1931

Adelpha cocala, the Cocala Sister, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Cramer in 1779. It is found from Honduras to Panama, Guatemala, Venezuela, Colombia, Surinam, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

The wingspan is about 50 mm.^[2]

The larvae feed on Pentagonia, Psychotria, Calycophyllum, Chomelia, Uncaria and Genipa species.

Subspecies

Adelpha cocala cocala (Venezuela, Colombia, Surinam, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Mato Grosso)
Adelpha cocala caninia Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Brazil: Santa Catarina, São Paulo)
Adelpha cocala didia Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Brazil: Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
Adelpha cocala lorzae (Boisduval, 1870) (Honduras to Panama, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador)
Adelpha cocala orellanae Neild, 1996 (Venezuela)
Adelpha cocala riola Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Brazil)

References

Adelpha cocala in uniprot

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