Adelpha lycorias

Adelpha lycorias, the pink-banded sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

Pink-banded sister
A. l. lara from Peru
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Adelpha
Species:	A. lycorias
Binomial name
Adelpha lycorias (Godart, 1824)
Synonyms
Nymphalis lycorias Godart, 1824 Papilio isis Drury, 1782 Adelpha isis divina Fruhstorfer, 1907 Adelpha isis pseudagrias Fruhstorfer, 1908 Adelpha isis panthalis Martin, [1923] Heterochroa lara Hewitson, 1850 Adelpha lara mainas Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha lara f. transiens D'Abrera, 1987 Adelpha hypsenor Godman & Salvin, 1879 Adelpha hypsenor f. fassli Fruhstorfer, 1915 Heterochroa melanthe Bates, 1864 Adelpha melanippe Godman & Salvin, [1884] Heterochroa spruceana Bates, 1864

Description

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.

A. l. lara from Tingo María, Huánuco, Peru (ventral view)

Larvae feed on Trema micrantha and on Urera, Myriocarpa and Cecropia species.

Distribution

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)

References

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

External links

• Adelpha lycorias
• Butterflies of America Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine