Taygetis rectifascia
| Taygetis rectifascia | |
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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. rectifascia |
| Binomial name | |
| Taygetis rectifascia Weymer, 1907[1] | |
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Taygetis rectifascia is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southeastern and southern Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná and Santa Catarina) at altitudes ranging from 300 to 1,200 meters.
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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