# Adelpha cocala

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{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = CramerAndStoll-uitlandsche kapellen vol. 3- pl 242.jpg
| image_caption = In [Pieter Cramer](/source/Pieter_Cramer) and [Caspar Stoll](/source/Caspar_Stoll)'s ''Uitlandsche Kapellen''
| taxon = Adelpha cocala
| authority = ([Cramer](/source/Pieter_Cramer), 1779)<ref>[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/limenitidinae/adelpha/ "''Adelpha'' Hübner, [1819&#93;"] 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](/source/butterfly) of the family [Nymphalidae](/source/Nymphalidae). It was described by [Pieter Cramer](/source/Pieter_Cramer) in 1779. It is found from [Honduras](/source/Honduras) to [Panama](/source/Panama), [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala), [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), [Colombia](/source/Colombia), [Suriname](/source/Suriname), [Peru](/source/Peru), [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia) and [Brazil](/source/Brazil).

The [wingspan](/source/wingspan) is about 50&nbsp;mm.<ref>[http://www.sangay.eu/ficha-principale.php?ref=407&lang=en Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)]</ref>

The larvae feed on ''[Pentagonia](/source/Pentagonia_(plant))'', ''[Psychotria](/source/Psychotria)'', ''[Calycophyllum](/source/Calycophyllum)'', ''[Chomelia](/source/Chomelia)'', ''[Uncaria](/source/Uncaria)'' and ''[Genipa](/source/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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