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Colobura dirce

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Scientific name
  
Colobura dirce

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Tribe
  
Nymphalini

Rank
  
Species

Colobura dirce Butterflies of Amazonia Colobura dirce

Similar
  
Colobura, Catonephele, Catonephele numilia, Historis, Anartia

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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.

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The length of the fore-wings is about 33 mm.

The larvae feed on Cecropia species.

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Subspecies

There are two recognised subspecies:

  • C. d. dirce (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • C. d. wolcotti Comstock, 1942



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    References

    Colobura dirce Wikipedia
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