Ortilia liriope
| Ortilia liriope | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Ortilia |
| Species: | O. liriope |
| Binomial name | |
| Ortilia liriope (Cramer, 1775) | |
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Ortilia liriope, the Brazilian Crescent, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Cramer in 1775. It is found in French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam and northern Brazil.[1]
The larvae are gregarious and feed on Justicia species. Full-grown larvae have a dark brown body and reddish brown head. They reach a length of about 19 mm.[2]
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