''Dircenna'' is a genus of clearwing ( ithomiine) butterflies, named by

Edward Doubleday Edward Doubleday (9 October 1810 – 14 December 1849) was an English entomologist primarily interested in Lepidoptera. He is best known for ''The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera: Comprising Their Generic Characters, a Notice of Their Habits and ...

in 1847. They are in the brush-footed butterfly 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 ha ...

. The genus comprises fairly large ithomiines with elongated forewings which are characterized by quite straight costae and distinctively shaped discal cells. They occur from

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to Southern

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. Larvae feed on plants from the family

Solanaceae Solanaceae (), commonly known as the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants in the order Solanales. It contains approximately 2,700 species, several of which are used as agricultural crops, medicinal plants, and ornamental plants. Many me ...

, such as

Solanum ''Solanum'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, which include three food crops of high economic importance: the potato, the tomato and the eggplant (aubergine, brinjal). It is the largest genus in the nightshade family Solana ...

and

Brunfelsia ''Brunfelsia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to subfamily Petunioideae of the nightshade family Solanaceae. The 50 or so species have been grouped into the three sections: ''Brunfelsia'' (circa 22 species), ''Franciscea'' (circa 18 spe ...

Species

Arranged alphabetically: *'' Dircenna adina'' (Hewitson, 1855) *'' Dircenna dero'' (Hübner, 1823) — Dero Clearwing *'' Dircenna jemina'' (Geyer,

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*'' Dircenna klugii'' (Geyer, 1837) — Klug's Clearwing *'' Dircenna loreta'' Haensch, 1903 *'' Dircenna olyras'' (C. & R. Felder,

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References

Ithomiini Nymphalidae of South America Nymphalidae genera Taxa described in 1847 Taxa named by Edward Doubleday {{Danainae-stub