Taygetis mermeria
Appearance
Taygetis mermeria | |
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Dorsal side - MHNT | |
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Ventral side - MHNT | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Taygetis |
Species: | T. mermeria
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Binomial name | |
Taygetis mermeria | |
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Taygetis mermeria, the mermeria wood nymph, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout the Neotropical realm from Mexico to Bolivia. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloudforests.[2]
Subspecies
- Taygetis mermeria mermeria (Suriname, Bolivia, Brazil: Amazonas)
- Taygetis mermeria excavata Butler, 1868 (Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras)
- Taygetis mermeria griseomarginata Miller, 1978 (Mexico)
References
- ^ "Taygetis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes