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''Dircenna'' is a genus of clearwing (Ithomiini, ithomiine) butterflies, named by Edward Doubleday in 1847. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. The genus comprises fairly large ithomiines with elongated forewings which are characterized by quite straight costae and distinctively shaped Discal cell, discal cells. They occur from Mexico to Southern Brazil. Larvae feed on plants from the family Solanaceae, such as Solanum and Brunfelsia.


Species

Arranged alphabetically:http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/danainae/dircenna/ "''Dircenna'' Doubleday, [1847]"] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''Dircenna adina'' (Hewitson, 1855) *''Dircenna dero'' (Hübner, 1823) — Dero Clearwing *''Dircenna jemina'' (Geyer, [1837]) *''Dircenna klugii'' (Geyer, 1837) — Klug's Clearwing *''Dircenna loreta'' Haensch, 1903 *''Dircenna olyras'' (C. & R. Felder, [1865])


References

Ithomiini Nymphalidae of South America Nymphalidae genera {{Danainae-stub