Taguaiba ypthima

Taygetis ypthima
	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. ypthima
Binomial name
	Taygetis ypthima; Hübner, [1821]
Synonyms
	Taygetis xantippe Butler, [1870]; Taygetis ophelia Butler, 1870; Taygetis ypthima f. semibrunnea Weymer, 1910; Taygetis yphtima ab. lineata Kivirikko, 1936;

Taygetis ypthima is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in northeastern, southeastern and southern Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina at altitudes ranging from sea level to 2,000 metres.

Adults have been recorded year round.^[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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