Taygetis drogoni
Taygetis drogoni is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-eastern Brazil in the states of Minas Gerais and São Paulo, at altitudes ranging from 800 to 1,500 meters.
| Taygetis drogoni | |
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| Male, figure A (dorsal) and B (ventral) | |
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| Female, figure C (dorsal) and D (ventral) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Taygetis |
| Species: | T. drogoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Taygetis drogoni Siewert, Zacca, Dias & Freitas, 2013[1] | |
The wingspan is 34.5–37 mm. Both the forewings and hindwings are brown, darker along the outer margin.
Etymology
The species name refers to Drogon, one of the three dragons of Daenerys Targaryen, a fictional character from the George R. R. Martin's novel A Song of Ice and Fire.[2]
References
- "Taygetis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Siewert, R.R. ; Zacca, T. , Dias, F.M.S. ; Freitas, A.V.L. , Mielke, O.H.H. & Casagrande, M.M., 2013: The “Taygetis ypthima species group” (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae): taxonomy, variation and description of a new species. Zookeys, 356: 11-29: Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.356.6481
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