''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
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and
Guatemala
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to
Colombia
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,
Ecuador and
Venezuela.
The larvae feed on ''
Serjania'' species.
Subspecies
*''Diaethria gabaza gabaza'' (Colombia)
*''Diaethria gabaza eupepla''
(Salvin & Godman, 1868) (Costa Rica, Guatemala to Colombia)
*''Diaethria gabaza gabazina''
(Oberthür, 1916) (Colombia, Venezuela)
References
Biblidinae
Butterflies described in 1852
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