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Taygetis Hübner 1819

Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Containing group: Euptychiina

Introduction

A genus of large forest-floor satryines that ranges from Mexico to Argentina. Some species traditionally referred to this genus have been removed to Pseudodebis, Taygetina, Satyrotaygetis, Taygetomorpha and Parataygetis.

References

Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.

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Scientific Name Taygetis weymeri
Location above La Bajada, Nayarit, Mexico
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source WMex09_D-40-0261a
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2009 Jerry Oldenettel
Scientific Name Taygetis laches
Location Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
Comments Identified in www.neotropicalbuttrflies.com as Tayetis thamyra, but that species apparently does not occur in Mexico.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By A. V. Z. Brower
Life Cycle Stage adult
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Source Andromeda Satyr
Source Collection Neotropical Butterflies
Copyright © 2003 Gill Carter
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Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2007. Taygetis Hübner 1819. Version 05 May 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Taygetis/83605/2007.05.05 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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