Band-celled Sister (Adelpha fessonia)
Primarily found in Central America and Mexico, the band-celled sister (also known as the Mexican sister) is a beautiful brushfoot butterfly related to admiral butterflies. It has a range that extends from the very southern tip of Texas to Columbia and Venezuela where it feeds on nectar from Cordia, Croton, and Baccharis flowers, and sometimes rotting fruit. This one was found flying around a hackberry tree in South Texas in the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge on a hot early spring day.
- Copyright
- Rich Leighton
- Image Size
- 9999x6674 / 31.4MB
- Keywords
-
Adelpha, Adelpha fessonia, Alamo, Animalia, Arthropoda, Hidalgo County, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Mexican sister, NWR, National Wildlife Refuge, Nymphalidae, RGV, Rio Grande Valley, Santa Ana NWR, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, admiral, animal, arthropod, band-celled sister, brown, brushfoot, bug, butterfly, color, insect, invertebrate, nature, orange, spring, white, wild, wildlife, sister
- Contained in galleries
- Brushfoots
