Adelotypa Explained

Adelotypa is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. They are found in South America.

The type species of the genus is Adelotypa xanthobrunnea Warren, 1895, which was mistakenly described as a Geometridae species.

Species

As of 2023, the following species remain in the genus.

The following species have been transferred elsewhere or synonymised. Listed alphabetically:^[1]

Adelotypa annulifera (Godman, 1903) – cherry-spot^[2]
Adelotypa argiella (Bates, 1868) Brazil
Adelotypa asemna (Stichel, 1910) Bolivia, Brazil
Adelotypa curulis (Hewitson, 1874) Ecuador, Bolivia
Adelotypa densemaculata (Hewitson, 1870) Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Adelotypa eudocia (Godman & Salvin, 1897) Mexico, Costa Rica
Adelotypa glauca (Godman & Salvin, [1886]) Costa Rica, Venezuela
Adelotypa malca (Schaus, 1902) Brazil
Adelotypa mollis (Butler, 1877) Brazil
Adelotypa penthea (Cramer, [1777]) French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Peru
Adelotypa sejuncta (Stichel, 1910) Brazil
Adelotypa tinea (Bates, 1868) Brazil
Adelotypa trinitatis (Lathy, 1932) Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago
Adelotypa zerna (Hewitson, 1872) Bolivia, Brazil