Adelpha fessonia

Adelpha fessonia
Adelpha fessonia sucking on a banana top
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Adelpha
Species: A. fessonia
Binomial name
Adelpha fessonia
Hewitson, 1847

The Band-celled Sister or Mexican Sister (Adelpha fessonia) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Panama north through Central America to Mexico. It is a periodic resident in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas.[1]

The wingspan is 56–70 mm.

Larvae in Texas and northeastern Mexico feed on Celtis lindheimeri.

References

  1. Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue, coordinators (2006). "Adelpha fessonia". Big Sky Institute. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-10.

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