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

Smooth-banded sister
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Adelpha
Species:
A. cytherea
Binomial name
Adelpha cytherea
Synonyms
  • Papilio cytherea Linnaeus, 1758
  • Papilio eleus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Papilio elaea Müller, 1774
  • Adelpha lanilla Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • Adelpha lanilla Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Heterochroa aea C. & R. Felder, [1867]
  • Adelpha cytherea herennia Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Adelpha cytherea daguana Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • Adelpha daguana Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Adelpha tarratia Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • Adelpha tarratia Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Adelpha cytherea despoliata Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Heterochroa olbia C. & R. Felder, [1867]
  • Adelpa nahua Grose-Smith, 1898
  • Adelpha wernickei Röber, 1923

Subspecies

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  • 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)

References

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  1. ^ "Adelpha Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms