Adelpha mesentina

Adelpha mesentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Adelpha
Species: A. mesentina
Binomial name
Adelpha mesentina
Cramer, 1777[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio mesentina Cramer, 1777
  • Adelpha mesentina var. chancha Staudinger, 1886

The Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the eastern Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia and also on the Guyana shield and throughout central and western Amazonia.[2]

The wingspan is about 54 mm.[3]

References

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