Aecas aecas (Stoll, 1781) is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Aecas aecas (Stoll, 1781)

Aecas aecas (Stoll, 1781)

The aecas ruby-eye (Flaccilla aecas) is the only species in the monotypic skipper butterfly genus Flaccilla, found from Mexico to southern Brazil.

Family
Genus
Aecas
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Aecas aecas (Stoll, 1781)

Flaccilla aecas, commonly known as the aecas ruby-eye, is a species of skipper butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. This species is the only member of the monotypic genus Flaccilla. Its distribution ranges from Mexico to southern Brazil.

Photo: (c) Cheryl Harleston López Espino, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Cheryl Harleston López Espino · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Hesperiidae Aecas

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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