---
title: "Bordered Patch"
description: "Chlosyne lacinia — Insectes et araignées. Chlosyne lacinia, the bordered patch or sunflower patch, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/bordered-patch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bordered Patch

> Chlosyne lacinia — Insectes et araignées. Chlosyne lacinia, the bordered patch or sunflower patch, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Chlosyne lacinia*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prairies et champs)
- iNaturalist observations: 34837
- Wikidata: [Q5103236](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5103236)
- iNaturalist taxon: [68240](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68240)

## Names

- en: Bordered Patch
- es: Mariposa de parche bordeado
- pt: Lagarta-do-girassol

## Countries with the most observations

US (19779), MX (7390), BR (2338), AR (396), CO (385), HN (318), NI (105), BO (98), CR (96), TT (96), PA (86), VE (68)

## Summary

Chlosyne lacinia, the bordered patch or sunflower patch, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlosyne_lacinia

## Photo

![Bordered Patch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bordered-patch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Museo de Insectos Ayacucho MIYA Waylis · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/210565869

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bordered-patch?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).