Smooth-banded sister
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Adelpha
Species:	A. cytherea
Binomial name
Adelpha cytherea (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio cytherea Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio eleus Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio elaea Müller, 1774 Adelpha lanilla Fruhstorfer, 1913 Adelpha lanilla Fruhstorfer, 1915 Heterochroa aea C. & R. Felder, [1867] Adelpha cytherea herennia Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha cytherea daguana Fruhstorfer, 1913 Adelpha daguana Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha tarratia Fruhstorfer, 1913 Adelpha tarratia Fruhstorfer, 1915 Adelpha cytherea despoliata Fruhstorfer, 1915 Heterochroa olbia C. & R. Felder, [1867] Adelpa nahua Grose-Smith, 1898 Adelpha wernickei Röber, 1923

Adelpha cytherea, the smooth-banded sister, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Central and South America.

• A. c. cytherea (Peru, Bolivia)
• A. c. aea (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) (Brazil: Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
• A. c. daguana Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Ecuador, Colombia)
• A. c. insularis Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Trinidad)
• A. c. marcia Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Honduras and Guatemala to Colombia)
• A. c. nahua Grose-Smith, 1898 (Venezuela, Colombia)
• A. c. olbia (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) (Colombia)

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