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Colobura dirce
The Dirce Beauty, also known as the Mosaic or Zebra Mosaic, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America and northern South America. The length of the forewings is about 33 mm and the larvae feed on Cecropia species. (information from Wikipedia)
Forest
Very similar to some Saturniidae caterpillars with yellow spikes, but if you look very carefully to the one at the lower margin of the picture, you see the typical head shape and longer spikes of some Nymphalids.
Spotted on May 30, 2007
Submitted on Jan 12, 2013
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