Colobura dirce
Colobura dirce, the Dirce beauty, mosaic or zebra mosaic, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America. the Caribbean, and northern South America.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Colobura |
| Species: | C. dirce |
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| Colobura dirce | |
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| Approximate range of the Dirce beauty note: Caribbean sightings missing | |
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The length of the forewings is about 33 mm.
The larvae feed on Cecropia species.
Male, topside, MHNT
Male, underside, MHNT
Subspecies
There are two recognised subspecies:[1]
- C. d. dirce (Linnaeus, 1758)
- C. d. wolcotti Comstock, 1942
References
- "Colobura Billberg, 1820" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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