Anetia thirza

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Anetia thirza		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Anetia Rank Species

Similar Anetia, Jaeger's anetia, Salvin's anetia, Lycorea, Aeria eurimedia

Anetia thirza, the cloud-forest monarch, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found Mexico and Central America (including El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama).

The larvae possibly feed on Metastelma species.

Subspecies

Anetia thirza thirza (Mexico)

Anetia thirza insignis (Salvin, 1869) (Costa Rica, Panama)

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