Ortilia ithra (Kirby, 1871) is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Ortilia ithra (Kirby, 1871) (Ortilia ithra (Kirby, 1871))
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Ortilia ithra (Kirby, 1871)

Ortilia ithra (Kirby, 1871)

The Ithra crescent (Ortilia ithra) is a Nymphalidae butterfly native to South American broadleaf forests from Brazil to Argentina.

Family
Genus
Ortilia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Ortilia ithra (Kirby, 1871)

Ortilia ithra, commonly called the Ithra crescent, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It is native to broadleaf forests found across South America, ranging from Brazil to Argentina.

Photo: (c) Gustavo Fernando Durán, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Ortilia

More from Nymphalidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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