Ectima thecla
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| Ectima thecla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Ectima |
| Species: | E. thecla |
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| Ectima thecla Fabricius, 1796 | |
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Ectima thecla is a species of brush-footed butterfly found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.[1] It shows a similar behavior to the Hamadryas butterfly, but it does not produce the noise of "Cracker-butterflies".[2]