Adelpha nea

Adelpha nea, the Nea sister, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1847. It is found from south-eastern Mexico, Belize and Costa Rica to Venezuela and southern Peru, the Guianas and Amazonian Brazil.^[2]

Nea sister
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Adelpha
Species:	A. nea
Binomial name
Adelpha nea (Hewitson, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
Heterochroa nea Hewitson, 1847 Adelpha sentia Godman & Salvin, [1884]

The larvae feed on Miconia species.

Subspecies

• Adelpha nea nea (Costa Rica to Venezuela, southern Peru, the Guianas, Amazonian Brazil)
• Adelpha nea sentia Godman & Salvin, [1884] (south-eastern Mexico, Belize)