''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'' 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 Li ...

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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.

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''Adelotypa'' at butterflies of america
Nymphidiini Butterflies described in 1867 Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler Riodinidae of South America {{Riodinidae-stub