Adelpha cytherea

Smooth-banded sister
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Adelpha
Species:	A. cytherea
Binomial name
Adelpha cytherea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Papilio cytherea Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio eleus Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio elaea Müller, 1774 Adelpha lanilla Fruhstorfer, 1913 Adelpha lanilla Fruhstorfer, 1915 Heterochroa aea C. & R. Felder, [1867] Adelpha cytherea herennia Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha cytherea daguana Fruhstorfer, 1913 Adelpha daguana Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha tarratia Fruhstorfer, 1913 Adelpha tarratia Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha cytherea despoliata Fruhstorfer, 1915 Heterochroa olbia C. & R. Felder, [1867] Adelpa nahua Grose-Smith, 1898 Adelpha wernickei Röber, 1923

Adelpha cytherea, the smooth-banded sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Central and South America.

Subspecies

• A. c. cytherea (Peru, Bolivia)
• A. c. aea (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) (Brazil: Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
• A. c. daguana Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Ecuador, Colombia)
• A. c. insularis Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Trinidad)
• A. c. marcia Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Honduras and Guatemala to Colombia)
• A. c. nahua Grose-Smith, 1898 (Venezuela, Colombia)
• A. c. olbia (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) (Colombia)