Auca coctei

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

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

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

References
  1. "Auca Hayward, 1953" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  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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