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Sisters
Adelpha
Adelpha is a genus of brush-footed butterflies found from the southern United States and Mexico to South America. They are commonly known as sisters, due to the white markings on their wings, which resemble a nun's habit. This genus is sometimes included with the admiral butterflies (Limenitis).
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
California Sister
speciesAdelpha californica
Arizona Sister
speciesAdelpha eulalia
smooth-banded sister
speciesAdelpha cytherea
Iphicleola Sister
speciesAdelpha iphicleola
Band-celled Sister
speciesAdelpha fessonia
Spot-celled Sister
speciesAdelpha basiloides
Adelpha syma
speciesAdelpha syma
Alala sister
speciesAdelpha alala
Pointed Sister
speciesAdelpha iphiclus
Celadon Sister
speciesAdelpha serpa
pink-banded sister
speciesAdelpha lycorias
Adelpha thessalia
speciesAdelpha thessalia
Adelpha mesentina
speciesAdelpha mesentina
Adelpha malea
speciesAdelpha malea
orange-washed sister
speciesAdelpha cocala
Adelpha corcyra
speciesAdelpha corcyra
Rayed Sister
speciesAdelpha melanthe
Adelpha mythra
speciesAdelpha mythra
White-spot Sister
speciesAdelpha leucophthalma
Pithy Sister
speciesAdelpha pithys
Phylaca Sister
speciesAdelpha phylaca
Adelpha plesaure
speciesAdelpha plesaure
Tracta Sister
speciesAdelpha tracta
Adelpha zea
speciesAdelpha zea
Adelpha olynthia
speciesAdelpha olynthia
Adelpha justina
speciesAdelpha justina
Adelpha saundersii
speciesAdelpha saundersii
Zina Sister
speciesAdelpha zina
Adelpha thesprotia
speciesAdelpha thesprotia
Antillean Sister
speciesAdelpha gelania
Adelpha jordani
speciesAdelpha jordani
Stitched Sister
speciesAdelpha erotia
Creamy Sister
speciesAdelpha melona
Adelpha epione
speciesAdelpha epione
Adelpha capucinus
speciesAdelpha capucinus
Orange-striped Sister
speciesAdelpha leuceria
Boreas Sister
speciesAdelpha boreas
Eyed Sister
speciesAdelpha paroeca
Naxia Sister
speciesAdelpha naxia
Adelpha irmina
speciesAdelpha irmina
Silver-banded Sister
speciesAdelpha ethelda
Oberthur's Sister
speciesAdelpha boeotia
Bredow's Sister
speciesAdelpha bredowii
Barnes's Sister
speciesAdelpha barnesia
Adelpha hyas
speciesAdelpha hyas
Adelpha epizygis
speciesAdelpha epizygis
Adelpha thoasa
speciesAdelpha thoasa
Adelpha sichaeus
speciesAdelpha sichaeus
Adelpha abia
speciesAdelpha abia
Donysa Sister
speciesAdelpha donysa
Delineated Sister
speciesAdelpha delinita
Bates' Sister
speciesAdelpha paraena
White-spotted Sister
speciesAdelpha demialba
Adelpha aricia
speciesAdelpha aricia
Godman's Sister
speciesAdelpha godmani
Adelpha levona
speciesAdelpha levona
Adelpha calliphane
speciesAdelpha calliphane
Adelpha falcipennis
speciesAdelpha falcipennis
Adelpha attica
speciesAdelpha attica
Golden-banded Sister
speciesAdelpha salmoneus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48661.