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Taygetis

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Kingdom
  
Subfamily
  
Subtribe
  
Higher classification
  
Euptychiina

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Tribe
  
Scientific name
  
Taygetis

Phylum
  
Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Taygetis Butterflies of Amazonia Taygetis chrysogone

Similar
  
Butterfly, Butterflies and moths, Magneuptychia, Euptychia, Nymphalidae

Taygetis is a genus of satyrid butterfly found in the Neotropic ecozone.

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Taxonomy and evolution

Taygetis Butterflies of Amazonia Taygetis thamyra

The genus appeared as polyphyletic, with Taygetis kerea and Taygetis weymeri as part of the butterfly genus Taygetina, whereas Taygetis rectifascia and Taygetis ypthima are related to the genus Pseudodebis. Recently, the "Taygetis ypthima species group" was defined, and it includes Taygetis rectifascia, Taygetis ypthima, Taygetis drogoni, and Taygetis fulginia. However, the inclusion of such a species group within the genus Taygetis is unsupported by molecular and karyological data.

Species

Listed alphabetically.

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  • Taygetis acuta Weymer, 1910
  • Taygetis angulosa Weymer, 1907
  • Taygetis asterie Weymer, 1910
  • Taygetis chiquitana Forster, 1964
  • Taygetis chrysogone Doubleday, [1849]
  • Taygetis cleopatra C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Taygetis drogoni Siewert, Zacca, F.M.S. Dias & Freitas, 2013
  • Taygetis echo, Echo Satyr (Cramer, [1775])
  • Taygetis elegia Weymer, 1910
  • Taygetis fulginia d’Almeida, 1922
  • Taygetis inambari Miller & Lamas, 1999
  • Taygetis inconspicua Draudt, 1931
  • Taygetis laches (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Taygetis larua C. & R. Felder, 1867
  • Taygetis leuctra Butler, 1870
  • Taygetis mermeria (Cramer, [1776])
  • Taygetis oyapock Brévignon, 2007
  • Taygetis rectifascia Weymer, 1907
  • Taygetis rufomarginata Staudinger, 1888
  • Taygetis servius Weymer, 1910
  • Taygetis sosis Hopffer, 1874
  • Taygetis sylvia Bates, 1866
  • Taygetis thamyra (Cramer, [1779])
  • Taygetis tripunctata Weymer, 1907
  • Taygetis uncinata Weymer, 1907
  • Taygetis uzza Butler, 1869
  • Taygetis virgilia (Cramer, [1776])
  • Taygetis ypthima (Hübner, 1816)
  • Taygetis zippora Butler, 1869

  • Taygetis Taygetis thamyra Cramer 1779 Checklist View

    References

    Taygetis Wikipedia


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