Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Limenitidinae
Genus: Adelpha Hübner, 1819
Species: Adelpha iphicla
This butterfly has a wing expansion of 40mm and is distributed from Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela. In Venezuela it can find the North Central region. Vuelab on the tops of the trees and down to drink in the wet ground or in sand banks of the rivers. It has a rapid flight and is very nervous and difficult to be seen up close.
The upper surface of the wings in the male is brown with marginal and submarginal longitudinal bands of black. In the forewing has a spot to oblique, yellow-orange. A white middle band runs across both wings. In the anal angle is a small patch of reddish yellow color. The distal margin of the wings is slightly indented.
The underside of the wings, has the same white band of the upper face. The other spots are seen with smooth coloration.
The female are larger than males and have the same color on the wing upper surface. And on the ventral surface of the wings are lighter colored.
