Splendeuptychia ackeryi explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New butterfly found with mustache disguise. NBC News. 20 February 2009 . 21 February 2009. 9 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140809100159/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/29305885/. live.
  2. Web site: Moustache helps identify butterfly. 20 February 2009. Natural History Museum. 14 October 2010. 7 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110107235559/http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2009/february/moustache-helps-identify-butterfly27539.html. live.
  3. Blanca Huertas, Cristóbal Ríos & Jean François le Crom . 2009 . A new species of Splendeuptychia from the Magdalena Valley in Colombia . . 2014 . 51–58 . 10.11646/zootaxa.2014.1.5 . 22 February 2009 . 5 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101205040138/http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02014p058f.pdf . live .

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