Adelpha

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| image_caption = Band-celled sister (A. fessonia)

| taxon = Adelpha

| authority = Hübner, 1819

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms = *Heterochroa Boisduval, [1836]

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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.{{cite book|author=National Audubon Society|editor =Robert Michael Pyle|title =The Audubon Society field guide to North American butterflies|url=https://archive.org/details/audubonsocietyfi00robe|url-access=registration|publisher =Knopf|year =1981|isbn =9780394519142}} This genus is sometimes included with the admiral butterflies (Limenitis).

Species

Listed alphabetically within species group:[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/limenitidinae/adelpha/ "Adelpha Hübner, [1819]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life FormsJeffrey Glassberg (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. {{ISBN|978-1-4243-0915-3}}. pp.97-101.

The alala species group:

Adelpha alala (Hewitson, 1847) – Alala sister
Adelpha aricia (Hewitson, 1847)
Adelpha corcyra (Hewitson, 1847)
Adelpha donysa (Hewitson, 1847) – montane sister
Adelpha pithys (Bates, 1864) – pithys sister
Adelpha tracta (Butler, 1872) – tracta sister

File:Alala Sister, Arvi Park, Colombia.jpg]]

The capucinus species group:

Adelpha barnesia Schaus, 1902 – Barnes' sister
Adelpha capucinus (Walch, 1775) – capycinus sister
Adelpha epizygis Fruhstorfer, 1915
Adelpha fabricia Fruhstorfer, 1913

The cocala species group:

Adelpha argentea Willmott & Hall, 1995
Adelpha boreas (Butler, 1866) – gaudy sister
Adelpha cocala (Cramer, 1779) – cocala sister, orange-washed sister
Adelpha coryneta (Hewitson, 1874)
Adelpha erymanthis Godman & Salvin, 1884 – Godman's sister
Adelpha felderi (Boisduval, 1870) – rusty sister, Felder's sister
Adelpha irmina (Doubleday, 1848) – Irmina sister
Adelpha jordani (Fruhstorfer, 1913) – Jordan's sister
Adelpha justina (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
Adelpha lamasi Willmott & Hall, 1999
Adelpha leucophthalma (Latreille, 1809) – Veracruz sister
Adelpha levona Steinhauser & Miller, 1977
Adelpha milleri Beutelspacher, 1976 – cloistered sister
Adelpha olynthia (C. & R. Felder, 1867) – Olynthia sister
Adelpha rothschildi Fruhstorfer, 1913
Adelpha salus Hall, 1935 – lost sister
Adelpha saundersii (Hewitson, 1867) – Saunder's sister
Adelpha shuara Willmott & Hall, 1995
Adelpha sichaeus (Butler, 1866)
Adelpha stilesiana DeVries & Chacón, 1982
Adelpha zina (Hewitson, 1867) – Zina sister

File:Thessalia Sister (Adelpha thessalia), Iguazu Falls.jpg]]

The iphiclus species group:

Adelpha abyla (Hewitson, 1850) – Jamaican sister
Adelpha basiloides (Bates, 1865) – spot-celled sister
Adelpha calliphane Fruhstorfer, 1915
Adelpha falcipennis Fruhstorfer, 1915
Adelpha gavina Fruhstorfer, 1915
Adelpha iphicleola (Bates, 1864) – confusing sister
Adelpha iphiclus (Linnaeus, 1758) – pointed sister
Adelpha mythra (Godart, 1824) – Mythra sister
Adelpha plesaure Hübner, 1823 – pleasure sister
Adelpha poltius Hall, 1938
Adelpha thessalia (C. & R. Felder, 1867) – Thessalia sister
Adelpha thoasa (Hewitson, 1850) – thoasa sister

File:Nymphalidae - Adelpha plesaure.JPG]]

The phylaca species group:

Adelpha erotia (Hewitson, 1847) – stitched sister
Adelpha lycorias (Godart, 1824) – rayed sister
Adelpha mesentina (Cramer, 1777) – mesentina sister
Adelpha phylaca (Bates, 1866) – Cecropia sister
Adelpha messana (C. & R. Felder, 1867) – Messana or Thesprotia sister

File:Adelpha mesentina.jpg

File:Messana sister (Adelpha messana delphicola).jpg]]

The serpa species group:

Adelpha bredowii Geyer, 1837 – Bredow's sister
Adelpha californica (Butler, 1865) – California sister
Adelpha diocles Godman & Salvin, 1878 – tailed sister
Adelpha eulalia E. Doubleday, 1848) – Arizona sister
Adelpha herbita Weymer, 1907
Adelpha hyas (Doyère, 1840)
Adelpha nea (Hewitson, 1847) – Nea sister
Adelpha paraena (Bates, 1865) – Massilia sister, Bates' sister
Adelpha paroeca (Bates, 1864) – eyed sister
Adelpha radiata Fruhstorfer, 1915 – striated sister
Adelpha seriphia (C. & R. Felder, 1867) – dentate sister
Adelpha serpa (Boisduval, 1836) – celerio sister, celadon sister
Adelpha zea (Hewitson, 1850) – Zea sister

File:Adelpha californica-2.jpg]]

Ungrouped:

Adelpha abia (Hewitson, 1850)
Adelpha amazona Austin & Jasinski, 1999
Adelpha atlantica Willmott, 2003
Adelpha attica (C. & R. Felder, 1867) – Attica sister
Adelpha boeotia (C. & R. Felder, 1867) – Felder's sister
Adelpha cytherea (Linnaeus, 1758) – smooth-banded sister
Adelpha demialba (Butler, 1872) – white-spotted sister
Adelpha delinita Fruhstorfer, 1913 – Fruhstorfer's Sister or delineated sister
Adelpha diazi Beutelspacher, 1975 – Diaz's sister
Adelpha ethelda (Hewitson, 1867) – silver-banded sister
Adelpha epione (Godart, 1824) – white-barred sister
Adelpha fessonia (Hewitson, 1847) – Mexican sister, band-celled sister
Adelpha gelania (Godart, 1824) – Antillean sister
Adelpha heraclea (C. & R. Felder, 1867) – Heraclea sister
Adelpha hesterbergi Willmott & Hall, 1999
Adelpha leuceria (Druce, 1874) – orange-striped sister
Adelpha leucerioides Beutelspacher, 1975 – Veracruz sister
Adelpha malea (C. & R. Felder, 1861) – Venezuelan sister
Adelpha melona (Hewitson, 1847) – Mellona sister
Adelpha naxia (C. & R. Felder, 1867) – Naxia sister, three-part sister
Adelpha pollina Fruhstorfer, 1915
Adelpha salmoneus (Butler, 1866) – golden-banded sister
Adelpha syma (Godart, 1824) – Syma sister
Adelpha viola Fruhstorfer, 1913