Adelpha ethelda

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| authority = (Hewitson, 1867)[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 Forms

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|Heterochroa ethelda|Hewitson, 1867

|Heterochroa zalmona| Hewitson, 1871

|Adelpha sophax|Godman & Salvin, 1878

|Adelpha eponina volupis|Fruhstorfer, 1915

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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.

The wingspan is 34–37 mm.[http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/ubis/FMPro?-DB=UBIPUB.fp3&-lay=WebAll&-error=norec.html&-Format=detail.html&-Op=eq&id=3695&-Find Especies de Costa Rica] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316163959/http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/ubis/FMPro?-DB=UBIPUB.fp3&-lay=WebAll&-error=norec.html&-Format=detail.html&-Op=eq&id=3695&-Find |date=March 16, 2013 }} Adult males have been recorded imbibing mineralised moisture from damp soil, boulders, sandy river beaches or from aphid secretions on foliage.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140107220000/http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20-%20Adelpha%20ethelda%20eponina.htm Adelpha ethelda in learnaboutbutterflies]}}

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Sabicea aspera.