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Adelpha lycorias lara Insect Tropicale Butterfly Nymphalid Brush-Footed Nymphalidae

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  • Product Code: Z24829

Description

Sex : M

Origin : Peru (Tingo María, Huánuco)


Adelpha lycorias lara one wing lenght cm 2.3-2.5 Insect Tropical Brush-Footed or Four-Footed Butterfly Nymphalidae.
Common name: the pink-banded sister.
Syn. Nymphalis lycorias, Papilio isis, Heterochroa lara, Adelpha lara, Adelpha hypsenor, Heterochroa melanthe, Adelpha melanippe, Heterochroa spruceana


Adelpha lycorias is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Adelpha lycorias has a wingspan reaching about 50 millimetres (2.0 in). The uppersides of the wings are generally deep brown, with black apex of the anterior wings. The anterior wings are crossed by a broad band of pink or crimson, irregular in its outer margin, commencing on the middle of the costa and ending at the outer margin. The undersides are chocolate colour, while the nervure, the lines between them and the submarginal line are black. The band of the anterior wings is almost white, slightly tinged with crimson.
This species can be found in Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Guatemala, usually between 500 and 1800 meters.
Subspecies:
A. l. lycorias (Brazil)
A. l. lara (Hewitson, 1850) (Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador)
A. l. wallisii (Dewitz, 1877) (Colombia)
A. l. melanthe (Bates, 1864) (Mexico, Guatemala - Venezuela)
A. l. melanippe Godman & Salvin, 1884 (Colombia)



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