Tigridia acesta

Tigridia acesta
Tigridia acesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Coeini (disputed)
Genus: Tigridia
Hübner, 1819
Species: T. acesta
Binomial name
Tigridia acesta
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms

Papilio acesta Linnaeus, 1758

Tigridia acesta is a butterfly of the monotypic genus Tigridia in the Nymphalidae family found from Mexico to South America.[1]

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)

References

  1. ^ Tigridia, funet.fi


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