Tigridia (butterfly)
| Tigridia acesta | |
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| Male - MHNT | |
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| Male underside - MHNT | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Coeini (disputed) |
| Genus: |
Tigridia Hübner, 1819 |
| Species: | T. acesta |
| Binomial name | |
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Tigridia acesta (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Papilio acesta Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Papilio acesta Linnaeus, 1758
Tigridia acesta, the tiger beauty, is a butterfly of the monotypic genus Tigridia in the Nymphalidae family found from Mexico to South America.
It is sometimes placed in the tribe Coeini and sometimes in the tribe Nymphalini.
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