Auca coctei

Auca coctei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Auca
Species: A. coctei
Binomial name
Auca coctei
(Guérin-Méneville, [1838])
Synonyms
  • Satyrus coctei Guérin-Méneville, [1838]
  • Satyrus tragiscus Reed, 1877 (nomen nudum)
  • Epinephele coctei var. confusa Köhler, 1935
  • Epinephele nycteropus andensis Köhler, 1939

Auca coctei is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Chile and Argentina.[1]

The larvae feed on various species of Bunch grass.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Auca, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Sourakov, A.; Zakharov, E. (2011). ""Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)". Comparative Cytogenetics 5 (3): 191–210. doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v5i3.1730. PMC 3833777. PMID 24260629.
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