Taygetis drogoni
| Taygetis drogoni | |
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| Male: a. dorsal; b. ventral | |
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| Female: a. dorsal; b. ventral | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Taygetis |
| Species: | T. drogoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Taygetis drogoni Siewert, Zacca, Dias & Freitas, 2013[1] | |
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.[2]
References
- ↑ Taygetis, funet.fi
- ↑ Siewert, R.R. ; Zacca, T. , Dias, F.M.S. ; Freitas, A.V.L. , Mielke, O.H.H. & Casagrande, M.M., 2013: The “Taygetis ypthima species group” (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae): taxonomy, variation and description of a new species. Zookeys, 356: 11-29: Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.356.6481
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