Taygetis ypthima
| Taygetis ypthima | |
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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. ypthima |
| Binomial name | |
| Taygetis ypthima Hübner, [1821][1] | |
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Taygetis ypthima is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in northeastern, southeastern and southern Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina at altitudes ranging from sea level to 2,000 metres.
Variations in adults
Adults have been recorded year round.[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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