Adelpha fessonia
| Adelpha fessonia | |
|---|---|
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| 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
- ↑ 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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