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]

Adelpha nea
Scientific classification
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)

References
  1. "Adelpha Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Butterflies of America


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