Taygetis rectifascia

Taygetis rectifascia is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the southeastern and southern Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná and Santa Catarina at altitudes ranging from 300 to 1,200 meters.

Variations in adults

Taygetis rectifascia
Male, figure A (dorsal) and B (ventral)
Female, figure C (dorsal) and D (ventral)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Taygetis
Species:	T. rectifascia
Binomial name
Taygetis rectifascia Weymer, 1907[1]
Synonyms
Taygetis rectifascia ab. stigma Weymer, 1907 Taygetis rectifascia ab. latifascia Weymer, 1907 Taygetis epithyma Forster, 1964

Adults have been recorded year round.[2]

References

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