''Colobura'' is a butterfly genus in the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a re ...
found from
Mexico
Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...
to
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...
.
Species
There are two recognised species:
"''Colobura'' Billberg, 1820"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
*''Colobura dirce
''Colobura dirce'', the Dirce beauty, mosaic or zebra mosaic, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America. the Caribbean
The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïbe ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – zebra mosaic
*'' Colobura annulata'' Willmot, Constantino & Hall, 2001 – new beauty
File:Colobura dirce dirce MHNT.jpg, ''Colobura dirce
''Colobura dirce'', the Dirce beauty, mosaic or zebra mosaic, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America. the Caribbean
The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïbe ...
'' - MHNT
References
Coeini
Nymphalidae of South America
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Gustaf Johan Billberg
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