Tigridia acesta, the tiger beauty, is a butterfly of the monotypic genus Tigridia in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America."Tigridia Hübner, " at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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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