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.

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