Taygetis
Andrew V. Z. Brower
- Taygetis acuta
- Taygetis angulosa
- Taygetis asterie
- Taygetis chiquitana
- Taygetis chrysogone
- Taygetis cleopatra
- Taygetis echo
- Taygetis elegia
- Taygetis [n. sp. 1]
- Taygetis inambari
- Taygetis inconspicua
- Taygetis kerea
- Taygetis laches
- Taygetis [n. sp. 2]
- Taygetis larua
- Taygetis leuctra
- Taygetis mermeria
- Taygetis rectifascia
- Taygetis sosis
- Taygetis sylvia
- Taygetis thamyra
- Taygetis tripunctata
- Taygetis uncinata
- Taygetis uzza
- Taygetis virgilia
- Taygetis weymeri
- Taygetis ypthima
- Taygetis zippora
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.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Taygetis weymeri |
|---|---|
| Location | above La Bajada, Nayarit, Mexico |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | WMex09_D-40-0261a |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| 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 |
| View | ventral |
| Source | Andromeda Satyr |
| Source Collection | Neotropical Butterflies |
| Copyright | © 2003 Gill Carter |
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- First online 01 November 2006
- Content changed 05 May 2007
Citing this page:
Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2007. Taygetis . Version 05 May 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Taygetis/83605/2007.05.05 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
