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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Colobura |
| Species: | C. dirce
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| Colobura dirce | |
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| Approximate range of the Dirce beauty note: Caribbean sightings missing | |
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Colobura dirce, the Dirce beauty, mosaic or zebra mosaic, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America. the Caribbean, and northern South America.
The length of the forewings is about 33 mm.
The larvae feed on Cecropia species.
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Male, topside, MHNT -
Male, underside, MHNT
Subspecies
[edit]There are two recognised subspecies:[1]
- C. d. dirce (Linnaeus, 1758)
- C. d. wolcotti Comstock, 1942
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Colobura dirce.
- ^ "Colobura Billberg, 1820" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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