Smooth-banded sister
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Adelpha
Species:
A. cytherea
Binomial name
Adelpha cytherea
Synonyms
  • Papilio cytherea Linnaeus, 1758
  • Papilio eleus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Papilio elaea Müller, 1774
  • Adelpha lanilla Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • Adelpha lanilla Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Heterochroa aea C. & R. Felder, [1867]
  • Adelpha cytherea herennia Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Adelpha cytherea daguana Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • Adelpha daguana Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Adelpha tarratia Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • Adelpha tarratia Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Adelpha cytherea despoliata Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Heterochroa olbia C. & R. Felder, [1867]
  • Adelpa nahua Grose-Smith, 1898
  • Adelpha wernickei Röber, 1923

Adelpha cytherea, the smooth-banded sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Central and South America.

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References

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