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This is a butterfly "Biblis Hyperia".
The only type of butterfly Biblis gender.
They can be found in all of America.
From USA to Argentina we can find it.
In this case it's recorded in a neotropical ...
...missionary ... in the jungle.
In the province of Misiones in Argentina.
This butterfly is always associated with the plant "Tragia volubilis".
It is a plant that is also found in America, and is also native to this continent.
Although also found in tropical Africa.
This tropical plant is the one that feeds the larvae of this butterfly.
That's why if we don't find this plant we are not going to find the butterfly.