Splendeuptychia ackeryi

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Splendeuptychia
Species:
S. ackeryi
Binomial name
Splendeuptychia ackeryi
Huertas et al., 2009

References

  1. "New butterfly found with mustache disguise". Retrieved 21 February 2009.
  2. "Moustache helps identify butterfly". Natural History Museum. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  3. Blanca Huertas, Cristóbal Ríos & Jean François le Crom (2009). "A new species of Splendeuptychia from the Magdalena Valley in Colombia" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2014: 51–58.


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