Splendeuptychia ackeryi, the Magdalena Valley ringlet, is a species of butterfly first classified in 2009. Its distinguishing feature is unusually hairy mouthparts, which have been compared to a moustache.[1] The specimen was initially collected in the dry Magdalena River Valley of Colombia by Blanca Huertas.[2] It resembles Splendeuptychia toynei which is endemic to Ecuadorian east slope.[3]
| Splendeuptychia ackeryi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Splendeuptychia |
| Species: | S. ackeryi
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| Binomial name | |
| Splendeuptychia ackeryi Huertas et al., 2009
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References
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- ^ "New butterfly found with mustache disguise". NBC News. 20 February 2009. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
- ^ "Moustache helps identify butterfly". Natural History Museum. 20 February 2009. Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
- ^ Blanca Huertas, Cristóbal Ríos & Jean François le Crom (2009). "A new species of Splendeuptychia from the Magdalena Valley in Colombia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2014: 51–58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2014.1.5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2009.