''Adelpha serpa'', the celerio sister, is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by

Jean Baptiste Boisduval Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician. He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomol ...

in 1836. It is found from

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloudforests at elevations ranging from 300 to 2,000 meters. The

is 50–55 mm. Adelpha serpa

Larvae have been recorded feeding on '' Miconia multispicata'', '' Conostegia subcrustulata'', ''

Sabicea ''Sabicea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are known commonly as the woodvines. The type species is ''Sabicea cinerea''. There are about 145 species. Most are distributed in tropical Africa and South America.Zemagho ...

'' species and ''

Warszewiczia coccinea ''Warszewiczia coccinea'' (or chaconia, wild poinsettia and pride of Trinidad and Tobago) is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is the national flower of Trinidad and Tobago because it blooms on 31 August, which coincides wit ...

''.

Subspecies

*''A. s. serpa'' (south-eastern Brazil to Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina) *''A. s. celerio'' (Bates, 1864) (Guatemala, Mexico to north-western Venezuela) *''A. s. diadochus'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Peru, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil: Pará) *''A. s. duiliae'' Fruhstorfer, 1913 (western Ecuador)

References

Butterflies described in 1836 Adelpha Fauna of Brazil Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval {{Limenitidinae-stub