Colobura dirce
Dirce Beauty | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Nymphalini |
Genus: | Colobura |
Species: | C. dirce |
Binomial name | |
Colobura dirce (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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The Dirce Beauty, also known as the Mosaic or Zebra Mosaic, (Colobura dirce) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America and northern South America.
The length of the fore-wings is about 33 mm.
The larvae feed on Cecropia species.
Subspecies
There are two recognised subspecies:
- C. d. dirce (Linnaeus, 1758)
- C. d. wolcotti Comstock, 1942
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