Taygetis laches

Taygetis laches is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to northern Argentina.[2]

Taygetis laches
Dorsal side - MHNT
Ventral side - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Taygetis
Species:
T. laches
Binomial name
Taygetis laches
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio laches Fabricius, 1793
  • Papilio andromeda Cramer, [1776] (preocc.)
  • Taygetis fatua Hübner, [1819]
  • Taygetis marginata Staudinger, 1887

The larvae feed on Olyra, Acroceras and Panicum species.

Subspecies
  • Taygetis laches laches (Guyana, Suriname)
  • Taygetis laches marginata Staudinger, [1887] (Brazil: São Paulo)
  • Taygetis laches isis Bargmann, 1928

References
  1. "Taygetis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Tree of Life Web Project


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