Adelpha diocles

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Limenitidinae
Tribus: Limenitidini
Genus: Adelpha
Species: Adelpha diocles
Subspecies: (2):
A. d. creton – A. d. diocles

Name

Adelpha diocles Godman & Salvin, 1878

Type locality: Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui.

Syntype: BMNH. female ♀. BM type Rh. no. 9851

References

• Steinhauser, S.R., 1974: Notes on neotropical Nymphalidae and Hesperiidae with descriptions of new species and subspecies and a new genus. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 22: 1–38.
• Willmott, K.R., 2003: The genus Adelpha: Its Systematics, Biology and Biogeography (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidini). Scientific Publishers, Gainsville: 1–322. Full article: [1].

Photos

• butterflies of America [2].