Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Splendeuptychia ackeryi | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Splendeuptychia Rank Species | |
Splendeuptychia ackeryi (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. The specimen was initially collected in the dry Magdalena River Valley of Colombia by Blanca Huertas. It resembles Splendeuptychia toynei which is endemic to Ecuadorian east slope.
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