Colobura

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Colobura
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Colobura dirce
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Coeini
Genus: Colobura
Billberg, 1820
Synonyms

GynoeciaDoubleday, 1845

Colobura is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America.

Species

There are two recognised species: [1]

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References

  1. "Colobura Billberg, 1820" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms