Ortilia velica

Ortilia velica · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Nymphalidae

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Ortilia velica
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Ortilia velica is also called the small brown butterfly. It lives in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina and visits the flowers of Wedelia silphioides.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Common name is the small brown.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Found in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its range includes Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Ortilia velica photo 3
Photo: RAP, CC BY

Same family (Nymphalidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortilia_velica

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