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Adelpha plesaure
Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Adelpha plesaure, the pleasure sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
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Description
Adelpha plesaure has a wingspan reaching about 48 millimetres (1.9 in). The uppersides of the wings are generally deep brown. The anterior wings have a large orange patch, while the hindwings are crossed by a broad white band. The undersides are pale chocolate colour, crossed by several white bands, with brown edges.
Distribution
Subspecies
- A. p. plesaure (Brazil)
- A. p. phliassa (Godart, 1824) (French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia)
- A. p. pseudomalea Hall, 1938 (Venezuela)
- A. p. symona Kaye, 1925 (Trinidad)
References
- "Adelpha Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
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