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Taygetis laches
Dorsal side - MHNT
Ventral side - MHNT
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Taygetis
Species:	T. laches
Binomial name
Taygetis laches (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
Papilio laches Fabricius, 1793 Papilio andromeda Cramer, (preocc.) Taygetis fatua Hübner, Taygetis marginata Staudinger, 1887

Taygetis laches is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to northern Argentina.

The larvae feed on Olyra, Acroceras and Panicum species.

Subspecies

• Taygetis laches laches (Guyana, Suriname)
• Taygetis laches marginata Staudinger, (Brazil: São Paulo)
• Taygetis laches isis Bargmann, 1928

References

1. "Taygetis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Tree of Life Web Project

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• Butterflies described in 1793
• Euptychiina
• Butterflies of Central America
• Nymphalidae of South America
• Lepidoptera of Argentina
• Lepidoptera of Brazil
• Lepidoptera of Guyana
• Lepidoptera of Mexico
• Fauna of Suriname
• Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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