{{Short description|Species of butterfly}} {{Speciesbox | image = CramerAndStoll-uitlandsche kapellen vol. 3- pl 242.jpg | image_caption = In Pieter Cramer and Caspar Stoll's ''Uitlandsche Kapellen'' | taxon = Adelpha cocala | authority = (Cramer, 1779)<ref>[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/limenitidinae/adelpha/ "''Adelpha'' Hübner, [1819]"] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''</ref> | synonyms ={{Specieslist |Papilio cocala|Cramer, [1779] |Heterochroa urraca|C. & R. Felder, 1862 |Adelpha urracina|Fruhstorfer, 1913 |Adelpha saparua|Fruhstorfer, 1913 |Adelpha cocala lorzina|Fruhstorfer, 1915 |Heterochroa lorzae|Boisduval, 1870 |Adelpha cocalina|Fruhstorfer, 1913 |Adelpha cocalina|Fruhstorfer, 1915 |Adelpha fufia|Fruhstorfer, 1913 |Adelpha cocala fufina|Fruhstorfer, 1915 |Adelpha cocala riola'' ab. ''chlide|d'Almeida, 1931 }} }}
'''''Adelpha cocala''''', the '''cocala sister''' or '''orange-washed sister''', is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1779. It is found from Honduras to Panama, Guatemala, Venezuela, Colombia, Suriname, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.
The wingspan is about 50 mm.<ref>[http://www.sangay.eu/ficha-principale.php?ref=407&lang=en Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)]</ref>
The larvae feed on ''Pentagonia'', ''Psychotria'', ''Calycophyllum'', ''Chomelia'', ''Uncaria'' and ''Genipa'' species.
==Subspecies== *''Adelpha cocala cocala'' (Venezuela, Colombia, Surinam, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Mato Grosso) *''Adelpha cocala caninia'' <small>Fruhstorfer, 1915</small> (Brazil: Santa Catarina, São Paulo) *''Adelpha cocala didia'' <small>Fruhstorfer, 1915</small> (Brazil: Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro) *''Adelpha cocala lorzae'' <small>(Boisduval, 1870)</small> (Honduras to Panama, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador) *''Adelpha cocala orellanae'' <small>Neild, 1996</small> (Venezuela) *''Adelpha cocala riola'' <small>Fruhstorfer, 1915</small> (Brazil)
==References== {{Reflist}} * [https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/385126 ''Adelpha cocala''] at UniProt
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Category:Butterflies described in 1779 Category:Adelpha Category:Lepidoptera of Brazil Category:Lepidoptera of Colombia Category:Nymphalidae of South America Category:Taxa named by Pieter Cramer
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