Tigridia acesta
Species of butterfly
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Tigridia acesta, the tiger beauty, is a butterfly of the monotypic genus Tigridia in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America.[1]
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| Tigridia acesta | |
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| Tigridia acesta tapajona, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Nymphalinae |
| Tribe: | Nymphalini |
| Genus: | Tigridia Hübner, 1819 |
| Species: | T. acesta |
| Binomial name | |
| Tigridia acesta | |
| Synonyms | |
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Papilio acesta Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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)
Male - MHNT
Male underside - MHNT
