''Dircenna'' is a genus of clearwing (

ithomiine Ithomiini is a butterfly tribe in the nymphalid subfamily Danainae. It is sometimes referred to as the tribe of clearwing butterflies or glasswing butterflies. Some authors consider the group to be a subfamily (Ithomiinae). These butterflies are ...

) butterflies, named by

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in 1847. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family,

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. 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

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, such as

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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:http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/danainae/dircenna/ "''Dircenna'' Doubleday, 847]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *'' 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 {{Danainae-stub