Adelpha serpa

Adelpha serpa, the celerio sister, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. It is found from Mexico to Brazil. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloudforests at elevations ranging from 300 to 2,000 meters.^[2]

Celerio sister
A. serpa observed in Brazil in 2018
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Adelpha
Species:	A. serpa
Binomial name
Adelpha serpa (Boisduval, [1836])[1]
Synonyms
Heterochroa serpa Boisduval, [1836] Adelpha damon Fruhstorfer, 1913 Adelpha serpa f. ornamenta Fruhstorfer, 1915 Heterochroa celerio Bates, 1864 Adelpha phintias Fruhstorfer, 1913 Adelpha diademeta Fruhstorfer, 1913 Adelpha serpa f. timehri Hall, 1938 Adelpha celerio florea Brévignon, 1995

The butterfly is 50–55 mm.^[3]

Larva of Adelpha serpa.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Miconia multispicata, Conostegia subcrustulata, Sabicea species and Warszewiczia coccinea.^[4]

Subspecies

• A. s. serpa (south-eastern Brazil to Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina)
• A. s. celerio (Bates, 1864) (Guatemala, Mexico to north-western Venezuela)
• A. s. diadochus Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Peru, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil: Pará)
• A. s. duiliae Fruhstorfer, 1913 (western Ecuador)