Colobura dirce dirce

Description:

Zebra pattern with blue and orange details on the outer margin of the hind wing

1 Species ID Suggestions

Davidbygott 9 years ago

Zebra Mosaic

Colobura dirce Colobura dirce

5 Comments

Diaz José Miguel 9 years ago

Thanks again Sarota!

SarotaBoy 9 years ago

You are welcome. Colobura d. dirce has a much thicker vertical black band from marginal area. The band gets more than a few times thicker toward tornus. It looks like a long-necked beer bottle. By the way, I learned how to tell them apart from the book I have (A Swift Guide to the butterflies of Mexico and Central America).

Diaz José Miguel 9 years ago

Wow these two are very similar indeed. Thanks Sarota!

SarotaBoy 9 years ago

I think that this butterfly is Colobura annulata, which is very similar to Colobura d. dirce. Colobura d. dirce has much thicker black band from marginal area to tornus on the underside of FW. Please check both links.

http://butterfliesofamerica.com/L/colobu...
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/L/t/Colo...