Ectima thecla

Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Ectima thecla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Ectima
Species:
E. thecla
Binomial name
Ectima thecla
Fabricius, 1796
Synonyms
List
  • Papilio thecla Fabricius, 1796

Ectima thecla is a species of brush-footed butterfly found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.[1] It shows a similar behavior to the Hamadryas butterfly, but it does not produce the noise of "Cracker-butterflies".[2]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Ectima thecla.
  1. ^ "Families". www.amazonian-butterflies.net. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  2. ^ "Borboletas Da Serra Do Japi | PDF | Lepidoptera | Organismos". Scribd (in Portuguese). pp. 142–186. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
Taxon identifiers
Ectima thecla


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