Dircenna
Sign in to saveDircenna is a genus of clearwing (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 cells. They occur from Mexico to Southern Brazil. Larvae feed on plants from the family Solanaceae, such as Solanum and Brunfelsia.
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Dircenna is a genus of clearwing (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 cells. They occur from Mexico to Southern Brazil. Larvae feed on plants from the family Solanaceae, such as Solanum and Brunfelsia.
==Species== Arranged alphabetically: 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]) thumb|left|Dircenna jemina visina (male), Ecuador, Mindo thumb|left|Dircenna adina suna, Ecuador, Mindo