Diaethria gabaza is a species of butterfly of the genus Diaethria. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1852. It is found from Costa Rica and Guatemala to Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.
Diaethria gabaza | |
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Smudged eighty-eight D. gabaza gabaza, Colombia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Diaethria |
Species: | D. gabaza
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Binomial name | |
Diaethria gabaza | |
Synonyms | |
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The larvae feed on Serjania species.
Subspecies
edit- Diaethria gabaza gabaza (Colombia)
- Diaethria gabaza eupepla (Salvin & Godman, 1868) (Costa Rica, Guatemala to Colombia)
- Diaethria gabaza gabazina (Oberthür, 1916) (Colombia, Venezuela)
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