Colobura dirce

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Dirce Beauty
Dirce Beauty Colobura dirce.jpg
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C. dirce
Binomial name
Colobura dirce
Synonyms
  • Papilio dirce

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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.

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

The larvae feed on Cecropia species.

Subspecies

There are two recognised subspecies:

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


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