Vila azeca
| Azeca Banner | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Vila |
| Species: | V. azeca |
| Binomial name | |
| Vila azeca (Doubleday, [1848])[1] | |
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The Azeca Banner (Vila azeca) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Amazonian region from Colombia to Bolivia. The habitat consists of lowland rainforests at altitudes below 800 meters.
Adults have been recorded imbibing mineralised moisture from rocks or riverbeds.[2]
Subspecies
- Vila azeca azeca (Bolivia)
- Vila azeca mariana (Bates, 1865) (Brazil: Amazonas)
- Vila azeca stalachtoides (Bates, 1865) (Brazil: Amazonas)
- Vila azeca cacica Staudinger, 1886 (Ecuador)
- Vila azeca semistalachtis Hall, 1928 (Colombia)
References
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- ↑ Vila at funet
- ↑ Azeca Banner, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
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