Tigridia acesta
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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 tapajona, Brazil | |
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Tribe: | Coeini (disputed) |
Genus: | Tigridia Hübner, 1819 |
Species: | T. acesta |
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Tigridia acesta | |
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Papilio acesta Linnaeus, 1758 |
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It is sometimes placed in the tribe Coeini and sometimes in the tribe Nymphalini.