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Taygetis drogoni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Taygetis

Taygetis drogoni

Taygetis drogoni is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in south-eastern Brazil (Minas Gerais and São Paulo) at altitudes ranging from 800 to 1,500 meters.

The wingspan is 34.5–37 mm. Both the fore- and hindwings are brown, darker along the outer margin.

Etymology

The species name refers to Drogon, one of the three dragons of Daenerys Targaryen, a fictional character from the George R. R. Martin’s novel A Song of Ice and Fire.

References

Taygetis drogoni Wikipedia