Adelpha (Genus)

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A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.

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Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata Snodgrass, 1938
        Infraphylum: Atelocerata Heymons, 1901
        Superclass: Panhexapoda
        Class: Insecta C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
        Subclass: Dicondylia
        Infraclass: Pterygota - Winged Insects
        Cohort: Myoglossata
        Superorder: Amphiesmenoptera
        Order: Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
        Infraorder: Heteroneura - a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
        Family: Nymphalidae - Brushfooted Butterflies
        Subfamily: Limenitidinae - Admirals
        Genus: Adelpha - a genus of Admirals (Limenitidinae)

The Genus Adelpha is further organized into finer groupings including:

Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 106 species and subspecies in the Genus Adelpha: A. abia · A. aethalia · A. alala · A. alala negra (Alala Sister) · A. aricia · A. attica (Attica Sister) · A. barnesia · A. barnesia leucas · A. basiloides (Spot-Celled Sister) · A. boeotia (Boeotia Sister) · A. boeotia boeotia · A. boreas · A. bredowii (California Sister) · A. bredowii californica · A. bredowii eulalia (Arizona Sister) · A. californica (Adelpha Californica) · A. calliphane (Calliphanes Sister) · A. capucinus capucinus (Capucinus Sister) · A. celerio · A. cestus · A. cocala · A. cocala cocala · A. cocala lorzae · A. corcyra aretina · A. coryneta · A. cytherea · A. cytherea cytherea · A. cytherea marcia (Smooth-Banded Sister) · A. deborah · A. delphicola (Delphicola Sister) · A. demialba · A. diocles · A. dominula · A. ehrhardi · A. epione (Epione Sister) · A. epiphicla · A. epizygis (Epizygis Sister) · A. erotia (Erotia Sister) · A. erymanthis · A. eulalia (Arizona Sister) · A. falcata · A. falcipennis · A. felderi · A. fessonia (Band-Celled Sister) · A. fessonia fessonia · A. gelania · A. goyama · A. helepecki · A. heraclea · A. iphicla · A. iphicleola · A. iphicleola iphicleola · A. iphiclus (Pointer Sister) · A. iphiclus iphiclus · A. irma · A. irmina · A. isis · A. isis divina · A. ixia · A. jordani (Jordan's Sister) · A. justina (Justina Sister) · A. lara · A. lerna aeolia · A. leuceria · A. leucophthalma · A. lycorias · A. lycorias lara (Lara Sister) · A. lycorias melanthe · A. malea (Malea Sister) · A. malea aethalia · A. massilia · A. melanippe · A. melanthe · A. mesentina (Mesentina Sister) · A. messana · A. mythra · A. naxia · A. nea · A. olynthia (Olynthia Sister) · A. paraena · A. paraena massilia (Single-Spot Sister) · A. phylaca (Cecropian Sister) · A. pithys · A. plesaure · A. plesaure philassa · A. pollina · A. rothschildi · A. salmoneus salmonides · A. saundersi · A. sentia · A. seriphia godmani · A. serpa · A. serpa celerio (Celerio Sister) · A. sichaeus · A. sophax · A. stilesiana · A. syma (Syma Sister) · A. thesprotia (Thesprotia Sister) · A. thessalia · A. thessalia indefecta (Indefecta Sister) · A. thoasa (Thoasa Sister) · A. tracta (Tracta Sister) · A. valentina · A. ximena · A. zea · A. zina

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