Splendeuptychia ackeryi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Splendeuptychia |
Species: | S. ackeryi
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Binomial name | |
Splendeuptychia ackeryi Huertas et al., 2009
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Splendeuptychia ackeryi, the Magdalena Valley ringlet, is a species of butterfly first classified in 2009. Its distinguishing feature is unusually hairy mouthparts, which have been compared to a moustache. [1] The specimen was initially collected in the dry Magdalena River Valley of Colombia by Blanca Huertas. [2] It resembles Splendeuptychia toynei which is endemic to Ecuadorian east slope. [3]
Splendeuptychia ackeryi | |
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Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Splendeuptychia |
Species: | S. ackeryi
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Binomial name | |
Splendeuptychia ackeryi Huertas et al., 2009
|
Splendeuptychia ackeryi, the Magdalena Valley ringlet, is a species of butterfly first classified in 2009. Its distinguishing feature is unusually hairy mouthparts, which have been compared to a moustache. [1] The specimen was initially collected in the dry Magdalena River Valley of Colombia by Blanca Huertas. [2] It resembles Splendeuptychia toynei which is endemic to Ecuadorian east slope. [3]