''Adelpha melona'', the Melona sister, is a species of

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of the family

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. It is found in

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and

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. The

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is about 50 mm.Parque Nacional Sangay
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Subspecies

*''A. m. melona'' (Brazil (Pará)) *''A. m. deborah'' Weeks, 1901 (Colombia) *''A. m. leucocoma'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Brazil (Amazonas), Trinidad) *''A. m. pseudarete'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 *''A. m. neildi'' Willmott, 2003 (Panama)

References

Adelpha Fauna of Brazil Nymphalidae of South America Butterflies of Central America Butterflies described in 1847 Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Limenitidinae-stub