Tigridia acesta, the tiger beauty, is a butterfly of the monotypic genus Tigridia in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America.[1]
It is sometimes placed in the tribe Coeini and sometimes in the tribe Nymphalini.
Subspecies
- Tigridia acesta acesta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mexico)
- Tigridia acesta columbina (Neustetter, 1929) (Colombia)
- Tigridia acesta fulvescens (Butler, 1873) (Peru, Ecuador)
- Tigridia acesta latifascia (Butler, 1873) (Colombia)
- Tigridia acesta ochracea (Bryk, 1953) (Peru)
- Tigridia acesta tapajona (Butler, 1873) (Brazil)
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Male - MHNT -
Male underside - MHNT
References
- ^ "Tigridia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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