Tigridia acesta

Tigridia acesta
Tigridia acesta (Male) - MHNT
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

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

References

  1. Tigridia, funet.fi


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