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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Ortilia |
| Species: | O. liriope
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| Ortilia liriope (Cramer, 1775)
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The larvae are gregarious and feed on Justicia species. They reach a length of about 19 mm.[2]
References
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- ^ "Ortilia Higgins, 1981" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ 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.
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