Tigridia acesta
Tigridia acesta, the tiger beauty, is a butterfly of the monotypic genus Tigridia in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America.[1]
Tigridia acesta | |
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T. a. tapajona, Brazil | |
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Tribe: | Coeini (disputed) |
Genus: | Tigridia Hübner, 1819 |
Species: | T. acesta |
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Tigridia acesta | |
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Papilio acesta Linnaeus, 1758 |
It is sometimes placed in the tribe Coeini and sometimes in the tribe Nymphalini.
Subspecies
- T. a. acesta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mexico)
- T. a. columbina (Neustetter, 1929) (Colombia)
- T. a. fulvescens (Butler, 1873) (Peru, Ecuador)
- T. a. latifascia (Butler, 1873) (Colombia)
- T. a. ochracea (Bryk, 1953) (Peru)
- T. a. tapajona (Butler, 1873) (Brazil)
- Male - MHNT
- Male underside - MHNT
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