Bredow's Sister

Adelpha bredowii (formerly Limenitis bredowii) · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Nymphalidae

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Bredow's Sister
Photo: Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA

Bredow's Sister belongs to the serpa species group within the Adelpha genus. It is found only in western, central, and southern Mexico. It was once divided into two subspecies, the California sister and the Arizona sister.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in western, central, and southern Mexico.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

It previously included two subspecies called the California sister and the Arizona sister.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 11 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Arizona, Oregon, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Colorado.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Bredow's Sister photo 2
Photo: Jean Jacques Godon, CC BY
Bredow's Sister photo 3
Photo: Brodie Cass Talbott, CC BY
Bredow's Sister photo 4
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY

Same family (Nymphalidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelpha_bredowii

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.

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