Vila azeca

Vila azeca, the azeca banner, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Amazonian region from Colombia to Bolivia. The habitat consists of lowland rainforests at altitudes below 800 meters.

Azeca banner
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Vila
Species:
V. azeca
Binomial name
Vila azeca
(Doubleday, [1848])[1]
Synonyms
  • Olina azeca Doubleday, [1848]
  • Olina azeca Westwood, [1851]
  • Olina azeca mariana Bates, 1865
  • Olina azeca stalachtoides Bates, 1865
  • Vila semistalachtis Hall, 1928

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
  1. "Vila Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Azeca Banner, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes


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