- Source: Adelpha serpa
Adelpha serpa, the celerio sister, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. It is found from Mexico to Brazil. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloudforests at elevations ranging from 300 to 2,000 meters.
The butterfly is 50–55 mm.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Miconia multispicata, Conostegia subcrustulata, Sabicea species and Warszewiczia coccinea.
Subspecies
A. s. serpa (south-eastern Brazil to Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina)
A. s. celerio (Bates, 1864) (Guatemala, Mexico to north-western Venezuela)
A. s. diadochus Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Peru, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil: Pará)
A. s. duiliae Fruhstorfer, 1913 (western Ecuador)
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Adelpha serpa
- Adelpha
- Adelpha eulalia
- Adelpha californica
- List of butterflies of Mexico
- Adelpha bredowii
- List of butterflies of Colombia
- List of butterflies of the Amazon River basin and the Andes
- List of butterflies of Belize
- List of butterflies of French Guiana
