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Taygetis laches

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Taygetis laches
Taygetis laches dosal side - MHNT
Taygetis laches 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

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

The larvae feed on Olyra, Acroceras and Panicum species.

Subspecies

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

References

  1. ^ Taygetis, funet.fi
  2. ^ TOLweb


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