Dirce Beauty

Colobura dirce · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Nymphalidae

Also called: Zebra Mosaic

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Dirce Beauty
Photo: alessandradalia, CC BY-SA

The forewings are about 33 mm long, making it a medium-sized butterfly. Its caterpillars feed on trees of the genus Cecropia.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Forewing length is roughly 33 mm.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

Larvae eat Cecropia species.

Source: Wikipedia

Status: native in North America. Source: iNaturalist

More photos

Dirce Beauty photo 2
Photo: Don Loarie, CC BY

Questions people ask

What do the caterpillars eat?

The caterpillars feed on Cecropia trees.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Nymphalidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colobura_dirce

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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