Tigridia acesta
| Tigridia acesta | |
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| Tigridia acesta (Male) - MHNT | |
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| Tigridia acesta (Male) △ - MHNT | |
| 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 | |
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Papilio acesta Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Tigridia acesta, the Tiger beauty, 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
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