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Adelpha plesaure
From Brazil
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Adelpha
Species:	A. plesaure
Binomial name
Adelpha plesaure Hübner, 1823
Synonyms
Adelpha plesaure Hübner, 1823 Adelpha heredia Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha antoniae Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha plesaure Hübner, (nom. nud.) Adelpha plesaure hereida Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha plesaure antoniae Fruhstorfer, 1915 Heterochroa euboea C. & R. Felder, Adelpha phliassa bartolme Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha phliassa implicata Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha plesaure cerachates Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha plesaure sirona Fruhstorfer, 1915

Adelpha plesaure, the pleasure sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

Description

Adelpha plesaure has a wingspan reaching about 48 millimetres (1.9 in). The uppersides of the wings are generally deep brown. The anterior wings have a large orange patch, while the hindwings are crossed by a broad white band. The undersides are pale chocolate colour, crossed by several white bands, with brown edges.

Distribution

This species can be found in Guyana, Bolivia and Brazil.

Subspecies

• A. p. plesaure (Brazil)
• A. p. phliassa (Godart, 1824) (French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia)
• A. p. pseudomalea Hall, 1938 (Venezuela)
• A. p. symona Kaye, 1925 (Trinidad)

References

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

External links

• Adelpha plesaure
• Neotropical butterflies

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