Auca (butterfly)

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Auca
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Auca coctei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Genus: Auca
Hayward, 1953 [1]
Species

Auca is a genus of butterflies from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. The species in the genus Auca occur in Chile and Argentina and are common throughout the south-temperate region.

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References

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