''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 Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

, and northern South America. The length of the forewings is about 33 mm. The larvae feed on '' Cecropia'' species. File:Colobura dirce dirce MHNT dos.jpg, Male, topside, MHNT File:Colobura dirce dirce MHNT ventre.jpg, Male, underside, MHNT

Subspecies

There are two recognised subspecies:"''Colobura'' Billberg, 1820"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * ''C. d. dirce'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''C. d. wolcotti'' Comstock, 1942

References

Coeini dirce Butterflies of Central America Nymphalidae of South America Butterflies of the Caribbean Lepidoptera of Bolivia Lepidoptera of Brazil Lepidoptera of Colombia Lepidoptera of Ecuador Lepidoptera of French Guiana Fauna of Haiti Butterflies of North America Lepidoptera of Peru Insects of Puerto Rico Insects of the Dominican Republic Fauna of Suriname Butterflies of Trinidad and Tobago Lepidoptera of Venezuela Fauna of the Amazon Butterflies described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Nymphalinae-stub