''Adelpha cocala'', the cocala sister or orange-washed sister, is a

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of the family

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. It was described by

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in 1779. It is found from

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Subspecies

*''Adelpha cocala cocala'' (Venezuela, Colombia, Surinam, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Mato Grosso) *''Adelpha cocala caninia'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Brazil: Santa Catarina, São Paulo) *''Adelpha cocala didia'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Brazil: Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro) *''Adelpha cocala lorzae'' (Boisduval, 1870) (Honduras to Panama, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador) *''Adelpha cocala orellanae'' Neild, 1996 (Venezuela) *''Adelpha cocala riola'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Brazil)

References

''Adelpha cocala''
at UniProt Butterflies described in 1779 Adelpha Fauna of Brazil Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by Pieter Cramer {{Limenitidinae-stub