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Adelpha mesentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Adelpha
Species:
A. mesentina
Binomial name
Adelpha mesentina
(Cramer, [1777])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio mesentina Cramer, [1777]
  • Adelpha mesentina var. chancha Staudinger, 1886

The Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the eastern Andes from [[Venezuela to [[Bolivia and also on the Guyana shield and throughout central and western Amazonia.[2]

The wingspan is about 54 mm.[3]

References

  1. ^ Adelpha at funet
  2. ^ Butterflies of Amazonia
  3. ^ Parque Nacional Sangay
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