Adelpha mesentina, the mesentina sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the eastern Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia and also on the Guiana Shield and throughout the central and western Amazon basin.[2]
Mesentina sister | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Adelpha |
Species: | A. mesentina
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Binomial name | |
Adelpha mesentina | |
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References
edit- ^ "Adelpha Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Butterflies of Amazonia
- ^ Parque Nacional Sangay