''Adelotypa bolena'' is a species of butterfly in the family
Riodinidae. It is found in
Brazil and
Paraguay. It is the
type species of the genus ''
Adelotypa
''Adelotypa'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. They are found in South America.
The type species of the genus is ''Adelotypa xanthobrunnea'' Warren, 1895, which was mistakenly described as a Geometridae species.
Species
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Description
Bright yellow, the base of the wings, a broad apical band of the forewing, the apex and anal angle of the hindwing resembling the colour of the trunk of a tree. The shape of the broad apical spot seems to be different at every habitat. Beneath dark-yellow on light-yellow, marked with dashes shape of the broad apical spot seems to be different at every habitat. Found singly and not common; flies in day-time and likes to rest on the trunks of trees.
References
External links
''Adelotypa'' at butterflies of america
Nymphidiini
Butterflies described in 1867
Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler
Riodinidae of South America
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