Vanessa myrinna
 
Vanessa myrinna, the vivid painted lady or banded lady, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in Peru, Ecuador, Brazil and Colombia.
The genus Vanessa comprises of about 20 species and includes the most widespread butterfly in the world - the Painted Lady Vanessa cardui which occurs in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and across North America. There are 9 other species found in the Americas: myrinna from Brazil, braziliensis from Brazil and Peru, carye from Argentina, terpsichore from Chile, altissima from Peru and Bolivia, tameamea from Hawaii, annabella from the western USA, virginiensis which is distributed from the USA to Colombia, and the Red Admiral atalanta which occurs across Europe, Asia, north Africa, and throughout North America.
All Painted Lady species have a similar pattern of pinkish-orange, black and white on the upperside, and have cryptic undersides marbled in olive and grey, with a row of post-median ocelli of varying sizes on the hindwings. In myrinna and braziliensis the pink on the upperside is particularly vivid.
Vanessa myrinna is a high altitude species, found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru; and the Atlantic cloudforests of Brazil.