Melona Sister

Adelpha melona

Almirante Zafiro

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

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Adelpha melona pseudarete

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Description

Adelpha melona, the Melona sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and South America.

The wingspan is about 50 mm.

Subspecies:

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)

Source: Wikipedia, article Adelpha melona. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.

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1811414

05/08/2023

Argentina

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Selva Iryapú (600 hectáreas), Puerto Iguazú

Gustavo Fernando Durán