Adelpha lycorias (Admiral sp.)

Description:

There are 85 known species of Adelpha, all but two of which are confined to Central and South America. The butterflies are characterised by having a distinctive blackish marbled pattern overlaid on a brown ground colour; and by the presence of a broad orange or white band on the forewings. The hindwings of most species have a white median band.
This is the subspecies Adelpha lycorias wallisii.
David Geale, an expert on neotropical butterflies and particularly on the species in Tatamá, helped me identifying this butterfly. I was very fortunate to meet David at the Montezuma Lodge in Tatamá National Park at the time we were visiting.

Montezuma Lodge area, Parque Nacional Tatamá, Risaraldas, Colombia, 28 June 2015

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