Adelpha ethelda
Species of butterfly
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Adelpha ethelda, the Ethelda sister, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1867. It is found from Mexico to Ecuador. The habitat consists of pre-montane rainforests and cloud forests at altitudes ranging from 400 to 2,000 meters.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Adelpha |
| Species: | A. ethelda |
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The wingspan is 34–37 mm.[2] Adult males have been recorded imbibing mineralised moisture from damp soil, boulders, sandy river beaches or from aphid secretions on foliage.[3]
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Sabicea aspera.
Subspecies
- A. e. ethelda (Ecuador)
- A. e. eponina Staudinger, 1886 (Colombia)
- A. e. galbao Brévignon, 1995 (French Guiana)
- A. e. sophax Godman & Salvin, 1878 (Costa Rica, Panama)
- A. e. zalmona (Hewitson, 1871) (Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia)
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