Taguaiba fulginia

Taygetis fulginia
	Male: a. dorsal; b. ventral
	Female: a. dorsal; b. ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Taygetis
Species:	T. fulginia
Binomial name
	Taygetis fulginia; d’Almeida, 1922

Taygetis fulginia is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo) at altitudes ranging from sea level to 250 meters.

Taxonomy

The species was previously considered a synonym of Taygetis ypthima, but morphological study revealed its specific status and indicates closer relationship with Taygetis rectifascia and Taygetis servius.^[2]

References

^ Taygetis, funet.fi
^ 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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[1] Taygetis, funet.fi

[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

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