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Tigridia acesta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Scientific name
  
Tigridia acesta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Tribe
  
Coeini (disputed)

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Coeini, Baeotus, Colobura, Antanartia, Janatella

Borboleta tigridia acesta


Tigridia acesta, the tiger beauty, is a butterfly of the monotypic genus Tigridia in the Nymphalidae family found from Mexico to South America.

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It is sometimes placed in the tribe Coeini and sometimes in the tribe Nymphalini.

Subspecies

  • T. a. acesta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mexico)
  • T. a. columbina (Neustetter, 1929) (Colombia)
  • T. a. fulvescens (Butler, 1873) (Peru, Ecuador)
  • T. a. latifascia (Butler, 1873) (Colombia)
  • T. a. ochracea (Bryk, 1953) (Peru)
  • T. a. tapajona (Butler, 1873) (Brazil)

    • References

    Tigridia acesta Wikipedia
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