Adelpha eulalia

Arizona Sister
A. eulalia in Madera Canyon, Arizona
A. eulalia drinking sap from a wound in the trunk of the Quercus emoryii oak, which is also a host plant for the larval form of the butterfly.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Limenitidini
Genus:	Adelpha
Species:	A. eulalia
Binomial name
Adelpha eulalia (Doubleday, [1848])
Synonyms
Adelpha bredowii eulalia (Doubleday, [1848]) Limenitis eulalia Doubleday, [1848] Limenitis bredowii guatemalensis Carpenter & Hobby, 1944

Adelpha eulalia, commonly known as Arizona Sister, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is occurs from at least Guatemala and Mexico to the southwestern United States, including southeastern California, Arizona, New Mexico, southern Texas. They can also sometimes be found in Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada. Adelpha eulalia belongs to the serpa species-group in the genus Adelpha (sisters). It was previously treated as a subspecies of Bredow's Sister (Adelpha bredowii). Recent phylogenetic studies, however, conclude that morphological, geographical, and genetic evidence make it clear that it's a separate species.^[1]

See also

• Adelpha californica, the California Sister

References

1. Kathleen L. Prudic; Andrew D. Warren; Jorge Llorente-Bousquets (2008). "Molecular and morphological evidence reveals three species within the California sister butterfly, Adelpha bredowii (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1819: 1–24.