Adelotypa bolena is a species of butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It is found in Brazil and Paraguay. It is the type species of the genus Adelotypa.Adelotypa at funet
Description Bright yellow, the base of the wings, a broad apical band of the forewing, the apex and anal angle of the hindwing resembling the colour of the trunk of a tree. The shape of the broad apical spot seems to be different at every habitat. Beneath dark-yellow on light-yellow, marked with dashes shape of the broad apical spot seems to be different at every habitat. Found singly and not common; flies in day-time and likes to rest on the trunks of trees. Seitz after Hans Stichel Mss., 1913. Family: Riodinidae. In A. Seitz (editor), Macrolepidoptera of the World, vol. 5: 333–356. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen .Stichel, H. 1910–1911. Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera, Riodinidae in Wytsman, P. 1866–1925. Genera Insectorum. Fasc. 112: 1–452, 27 pls.H. 1910–1911. Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera, Riodinidae in Wytsman, P. 1866–1925. Genera Insectorum. Fasc. 112: 1–452, 27 pls. Butler, A.G. 1867 A Monograph of the Genus Lemonias, with Descriptions of New Species in the Collection of the British Museum, including other forms sometimes placed in that Genus J. Linn. Soc. Zool. Lond. 9 (36) : 213-229, pl. 6-7
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