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Ortilia liriope

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Species of butterfly

Ortilia liriope
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Ortilia
Species: O. liriope
Binomial name
Ortilia liriope
(Cramer, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Papilio liriope Cramer,

Ortilia liriope, the Brazilian crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and northern Brazil.

The larvae are gregarious and feed on Justicia species. They reach a length of about 19 mm.

References

  1. "Ortilia Higgins, 1981" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Silva, PL; Oliveira, NP; Barbosa, EP; Okada, Y; Kaminski, LA; Freitas, AVL (2011). "Immature stages of the Brazilian crescent butterfly Ortilia liriope (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)". Neotropical Entomology. 40 (3): 322–7. doi:10.1590/S1519-566X2011000300006. PMID 21710028.
Taxon identifiers
Ortilia liriope


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