Adelpha iphiclus

Adelpha iphiclus
A. i. iphiclus Cristalino River Southern Amazon, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Adelpha
Species:	A. iphiclus
Binomial name
Adelpha iphiclus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Papilio iphiclus Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio basilea Cramer, [1777] Adelpha basilis Hübner, [1819] Adelpha iphicla pharaë Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha iphicla exanima Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha iphicla funalis Fruhstorfer, 1915 Heterochroa iphiclus ephesa Ménétriés, 1857 Heterochroa ephesa Ménétriés, 1855 Adelpha iphicla gellia Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha abyla abylina Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha iphiclus estrecha Willmott & Hall, 1999

Adelpha iphiclus, the Iphiclus Sister, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Linnaeus in 1758. It is found in the tropics and sub-tropics of Central and South America, from Mexico to Bolivia. The habitat consists of disturbed areas in deciduous and evergreen forests at altitudes ranging from 0 to 1,200 meters.

The wingspan is about 47 mm. Adult males engage in mud-puddling. Adults of both sexes feed at over-ripe fruits of mango, Guazuma and Genipa, but have also been observed feeding on the nectar of Vochysia and Paullinia flowers.

The larvae feed on Calycophyllum candidissimum, Isertia and Uncaria species. Young larvae feed on the leaf tips. It constructs a chain of frass along the midrib. Full-grown larvae are dark brown.

Subspecies

• Adelpha iphiclus iphiclus (Mexico to western Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Surinam, Brazil: Amazon, Mato Grosso)
• Adelpha iphiclus ephesa (Ménétriés, 1857) (Brazil: Santa Catarina, São Paulo to north-eastern Argentina)
• Adelpha iphiclus estrecha Willmott & Hall, 1999 (western Ecuador)

depicted in Cramer and Stoll Uitlandsche kapellen E,F