Anetia thirza, the cloud-forest monarch, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found Mexico and Central America (including El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama).
Anetia thirza | |
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Feeding on Hibiscus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Anetia |
Species: | A. thirza
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Binomial name | |
Anetia thirza (Geyer, [1833])
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The larvae possibly feed on Metastelma and Cynanchum species.
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Subspecies
edit- Anetia thirza thirza (Mexico)
- Anetia thirza insignis (Salvin, 1869) (Costa Rica, Panama)