Ortilia liriope explained

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.[1]

The larvae are gregarious and feed on Justicia species. They reach a length of about 19 mm.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/ortilia/ "Ortilia Higgins, 1981"
  2. 10.1590/S1519-566X2011000300006 . 21710028 . Immature stages of the Brazilian crescent butterfly Ortilia liriope (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) . Neotropical Entomology . 40 . 3 . 322–7 . 2011 . Silva . PL . Oliveira . NP . Barbosa . EP . Okada . Y . Kaminski . LA . Freitas . AVL . free .

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