Colobura dirce
| Dirce Beauty | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Nymphalini |
| Genus: | Colobura |
| Species: | C. dirce |
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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.
Male, topside, MHNT
Male, underside, MHNT
There are two recognised subspecies:
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