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Adelpha melona

Melona Sister


Adelpha melona

Almirante Zafiro
Family: Nymphalidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia
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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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Foto
Photography ID: 337327
  Adult
Santa Ana
Misiones
Argentina
06/18/2019
Patricio Mantinian
Foto
Photography ID: 337138
  Adult
Santa Ana
Misiones
Argentina
06/12/2019
Patricio Mantinian
Foto
Photography ID: 337136
  Adult
Santa Ana
Misiones
Argentina
06/12/2019
Patricio Mantinian



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
93353518/06/2019ArgentinaMisionesCercanías del arroyo Santa Ana, Santa AnaPatricio Mantinian
93333512/06/2019ArgentinaMisionesCercanías del arroyo Santa Ana, Santa AnaPatricio Mantinian
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Melona Sister (Adelpha melona) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 20/09/2026.