Adelpha fessonia

Adelpha fessonia
Adelpha fessonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Adelpha
Species: A. fessonia
Binomial name
Adelpha fessonia
Hewitson, 1847


The Band-celled Sister or Mexican Sister (Adelpha fessonia) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Panama north through Central America to Mexico. It is a periodic resident in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas.[1]

The wingspan is 56–70 mm.

In Texas, the larvae feed on Celtis lindheimeri.

References

  1. ^ Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue, coordinators (2006). "Adelpha fessonia". Big Sky Institute. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1791. Retrieved 2009-03-10. 

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