Taygetis laches
| Taygetis laches | |
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| Taygetis laches dosal side - MHNT | |
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| Taygetis laches ventral side - MHNT | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Taygetis |
| Species: | T. laches |
| Binomial name | |
| Taygetis laches (Fabricius, 1793)[1] | |
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Taygetis laches is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Mexico to northern Argentina.[2]
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