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Colobura dirce

Dirce Beauty
Dirce Beauty Colobura dirce.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Nymphalini
Genus: Colobura
Species: C. dirce
Binomial name
Colobura dirce
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Papilio dirce

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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