Taygetis mermeria

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Taygetis mermeria
Taygetis mermeria dorsal side - MHNT
Taygetis mermeria ventral side - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Taygetis
Species: T. mermeria
Binomial name
Taygetis mermeria
(Cramer, [1776])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio mermeria Cramer, [1776]
  • Faunus tenebrosus Blanchard, [1844]
  • Taygetis mermeria f. crameri Weymer, 1910
  • Taygetis excavata Butler, 1868

The Mermeria Wood Nymph (Taygetis mermeria) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found throughout the neotropical region from Mexico to Bolivia. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloudforests.[2]

Subspecies

  • Taygetis mermeria mermeria (Surinam, Bolivia, Brazil: Amazonas)
  • Taygetis mermeria excavata Butler, 1868 (Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras)
  • Taygetis mermeria griseomarginata Miller, 1978 (Mexico)

References

  1. ↑ Taygetis, funet.fi
  2. ↑ Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes


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