Adelpha cytherea

Linneo 1758

Family: Nymphalidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Description

Adelpha cytherea, the smooth-banded sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and South America.

Subspecies:

A. c. cytherea (Peru, Bolivia)
A. c. aea (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) (Brazil: Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
A. c. daguana Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Ecuador, Colombia)
A. c. insularis Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Trinidad)
A. c. marcia Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Honduras and Guatemala to Colombia)
A. c. nahua Grose-Smith, 1898 (Venezuela, Colombia)
A. c. olbia (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) (Colombia)

Source: Wikipedia, article Adelpha cytherea. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 02/10/2026.