Flaccilla aecas

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Flaccilla aecas
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Hesperiini
Subtribe: Falgina
Genus: Flaccilla
Godman in Godman & Salvin, [1901]
Species:
F. aecas
Binomial name
Flaccilla aecas
(Stoll, [1781])

Flaccilla aecas, the aecas ruby-eye, is a species of skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. [1] It is the only species in the monotypic genus Flaccilla. It is found from Mexico to southern Brazil. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Flaccilla Godman in Godman & Salvin, [1901]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  2. "Flaccilla aecas (Stoll, 1781)". Butterflies of America. Retrieved December 28, 2017.