Splendeuptychia ackeryi

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

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]

References

"New butterfly found with mustache disguise". Retrieved 21 February 2009.
"Moustache helps identify butterfly". Natural History Museum. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
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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[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.