Taygetis laches

Updated on Dec 30, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Taygetis

Similar Taygetis, Taygetis virgilia, Taygetis mermeria, Taygetis thamyra, Yphthimoides

Taygetis laches is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Mexico to northern Argentina.

The larvae feed on Olyra, Acroceras and Panicum species.

Subspecies

Taygetis laches laches (Guyana, Surinam)

Taygetis laches marginata Staudinger, [1887] (Brazil: São Paulo)

Taygetis laches isis Bargmann, 1928

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