Tigridia acesta
# Tigridia acesta

Tigridia acesta, the tiger beauty, is a butterfly of the monotypic genus Tigridia in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America.

It is sometimes placed in the tribe Coeini and sometimes in the tribe Nymphalini.

## Subspecies

* Tigridia acesta acesta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mexico)
* Tigridia acesta columbina (Neustetter, 1929) (Colombia)
* Tigridia acesta fulvescens (Butler, 1873) (Peru, Ecuador)
* Tigridia acesta latifascia (Butler, 1873) (Colombia)
* Tigridia acesta ochracea (Bryk, 1953) (Peru)
* Tigridia acesta tapajona (Butler, 1873) (Brazil)
* Male - MHNT
* Male underside - MHNT
