Colobura dirce

Colobura dirce
Colobura dirce
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Nymphalini
Genus: Colobura
Species: C. dirce
Binomial name
Colobura dirce
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Papilio dirce

The Dirce Beauty, also known as the Mosaic or Zebra Mosaic, (Colobura dirce) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Central America and the Northern parts of 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