Adelpha melona
| Melona sister | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Adelpha |
| Species: | A. melona
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| Binomial name | |
| Adelpha melona | |
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Adelpha melona, the Melona sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and South America.[2]
The wingspan is about 50 mm.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]- A. m. melona (Brazil (Pará))
- A. m. deborah Weeks, 1901 (Colombia)
- A. m. leucocoma Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Brazil (Amazonas), Trinidad)
- A. m. pseudarete Fruhstorfer, 1915
- A. m. neildi Willmott, 2003 (Panama)
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adelpha melona.
Wikispecies has information related to Adelpha melona.
- ^ "Adelpha Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Butterflies of Amazonia
- ^ Parque Nacional Sangay
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