Adelpha eulalia

Arizona sister
	In Madera Canyon, Arizona
	Drinking sap from a wound in the trunk of the Quercus emoryii oak, which is also a host plant for the larval form of the butterfly
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Adelpha
Species:	A. eulalia
Binomial name
	Adelpha eulalia; (Doubleday, [1848])
Synonyms
	Adelpha bredowii eulalia (Doubleday, [1848]); Limenitis eulalia Doubleday, [1848]; Limenitis bredowii guatemalensis Carpenter & Hobby, 1944;

Adelpha eulalia, the Arizona sister, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It occurs from at least Guatemala and Mexico to the southwestern United States, including southeastern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and southern Texas. They can also sometimes be found in Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada.

Adelpha eulalia belongs to the serpa species group in the genus Adelpha (sisters). It was previously treated as a subspecies of Bredow's sister (Adelpha bredowii). Recent phylogenetic studies, however, conclude that morphological, geographical, and genetic evidence make it clear that it is a separate species.^[1]

References

^ Kathleen L. Prudic; Andrew D. Warren; Jorge Llorente-Bousquets (2008). "Molecular and morphological evidence reveals three species within the California sister butterfly, Adelpha bredowii (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1819: 1–24.

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[prudic-1] Kathleen L. Prudic; Andrew D. Warren; Jorge Llorente-Bousquets (2008). "Molecular and morphological evidence reveals three species within the California sister butterfly, Adelpha bredowii (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1819: 1–24.

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