Adelpha fessonia
Appearance
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Sucking on a banana top | |
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Species: | A. fessonia
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Adelpha fessonia Hewitson, 1847
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Adelpha fessonia, the band-celled sister or Mexican sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Panama north through Central America to Mexico. It is a periodic resident in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas.[1]
The wingspan is 56–70 mm.
Larvae in Texas and northeastern Mexico feed on Celtis lindheimeri.
References
- ^ Opler, Paul A.; Harry Pavulaan; Ray E. Stanford; Michael Pogue (2006). "Adelpha fessonia". coordinators. Big Sky Institute. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
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External links
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