Adelpha cytherea

Smooth-banded sister
File:Adelpha cytherea MHNT.jpg
File:Adelpha cytherea.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Adelpha
Species:	A. cytherea
Binomial name
Adelpha cytherea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Papilio cytherea Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 Fruhstorfer, 1913 Fruhstorfer, 1913 Adelpha daguana Adelpha lanilla Fruhstorfer, 1915 Papilio elaea Fruhstorfer, 1915 Fruhstorfer, 1913 Röber, 1923 Adelpha tarratia Heterochroa aea Fruhstorfer, 1915 Papilio eleus Müller, 1774 C. & R. Felder, [1867] Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha tarratia Heterochroa olbia Adelpha cytherea herennia C. & R. Felder, [1867] Adelpa nahua Adelpha lanilla Fruhstorfer, 1915 Grose-Smith, 1898 Adelpha cytherea despoliata Adelpha wernickei Adelpha cytherea daguana

Adelpha cytherea, the smooth-banded sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Central and South America.

Subspecies

• A. c. cytherea (Peru, Bolivia)
• A. c. aea (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) (Brazil: Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
• A. c. daguana Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Ecuador, Colombia)
• A. c. insularis Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Trinidad)
• A. c. marcia Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Honduras and Guatemala to Colombia)
• A. c. nahua Grose-Smith, 1898 (Venezuela, Colombia)
• A. c. olbia (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) (Colombia)