Dalla vinca

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Dalla vinca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Dalla
Species:
D. vinca
Binomial name
Dalla vinca
Evans, 1955 [1]

Dalla vinca is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Peru.

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References

  1. Dalla at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms