Biology:Taygetis ypthima
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Taygetis ypthima | |
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| Male, figure A (dorsal) and B (ventral) | |
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| Female, figure C (dorsal) and D (ventral) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Taygetis |
| Species: | T. ypthima
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| Binomial name | |
| Taygetis ypthima Hübner, [1821][1]
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Taygetis ypthima is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northeastern, southeastern and southern Brazil , Paraguay and Argentina at altitudes ranging from sea level to 2,000 metres.
Adults have been recorded year round.[2]
References
- ↑ "Taygetis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ 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
Wikidata ☰ Q3516473 entry
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