Tigridia acesta explained

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

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)

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/tigridia/ "Tigridia Hübner, [1819]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms