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Mexican sister

Adelpha fessonia

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Field Notes

Description:

Photo take in my backyard common in the area
all year long about 7cm.Upperside is dark brown with an orange forewing apex. White median band across both wings reaches the forewing leading edge.

Habitat:

Forest edges and trails near streams.
Panama north through Central America to Mexico. A periodic resident in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas.

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Adelpha fessonia

Species ID Suggestions

Mexican sister

Adelpha fessonia

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KarenL
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Pavon Emperor

Doxocopa pavon

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bayucca
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Comments (5)
bayucca
Pavon female is one of the few Doxocopa without a tail, but looking at the place where the tail should be you see 2 gray stripes = Pavon.
bayucca
It is not an Adelpha but a Doxocopa sp. but they look very similar. This is the female (!) Doxocopa pavon. Pavon shows significant sexual dimorphism: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8489049
Gerardo Aizpuru
Thanks Karen I m no much of a insect guy but the Project awake me to get a Macro and star look for small species my backyard is a jungle.

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PublishedJanuary 22, 2012

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