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.

Dirce beauty
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Colobura
Species:
C. dirce
Binomial name
Colobura dirce
Approximate range of the Dirce beauty
note: Caribbean sightings missing
Synonyms
  • Papilio dirce

The length of the forewings is about 33 mm.

The larvae feed on Cecropia species.

Subspecies

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There are two recognised subspecies:[1]

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

References

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  1. ^ "Colobura Billberg, 1820" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms