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''Colobura'' is a butterfly genus in the family
Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
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Species

There are two recognised species:"''Colobura'' Billberg, 1820"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *'' Colobura dirce'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – zebra mosaic *'' Colobura annulata'' Willmot, Constantino & Hall, 2001 – new beauty File:Colobura dirce dirce MHNT.jpg, '' Colobura dirce'' - MHNT


References

Coeini Nymphalidae of South America Butterfly genera Taxa named by Gustaf Johan Billberg {{nymphalinae-stub