Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia saundersii)

Brasilia, DF, Brazil.

 

The wing patterns can be higly variable. This butterfly can be almost completely black to mostly golden-yellow.

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Superfamily: Papilionoidea

Family: Nymphalidae

Subfamily: Nymphalinae

Tribe: Melitaeini

Genus: Chlosyne Butler, 1870

Species: C. lacinia (Geyer, 1837)

Subspecies: C. l. saundersii

Scientific name: Chlosyne lacinia saundersii

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