Tigridia acesta

Tigridia acesta, the tiger beauty, is a butterfly of the monotypic genus Tigridia in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America.^[1]

Tigridia acesta
Tigridia acesta tapajona, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Coeini (disputed)
Genus:	Tigridia Hübner, 1819
Species:	T. acesta
Binomial name
Tigridia acesta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
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)

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  Male - MHNT
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  Male underside - MHNT