Biology:Taygetis rectifascia

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Taygetis rectifascia
Taygetis rectifascia male, a dorsal, b ventral.jpg
Male, figure A (dorsal) and B (ventral)
Taygetis rectifascia female, c dorsal, d ventral.jpg
Female, figure C (dorsal) and D (ventral)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Taygetis
Species:
T. rectifascia
Binomial name
Taygetis rectifascia
Weymer, 1907[1]
Synonyms
  • Taygetis rectifascia ab. stigma Weymer, 1907
  • Taygetis rectifascia ab. latifascia Weymer, 1907
  • Taygetis epithyma Forster, 1964

Taygetis rectifascia is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the southeastern and southern Brazil ian states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná and Santa Catarina at altitudes ranging from 300 to 1,200 meters. It has also been found in other southeastern states of Brazil as well as in south western Ecuador.[2]

Variations in adults

Adults have been recorded year round.[3]

References

  1. "Taygetis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Taygetis rectifascia Weymer, 1907". https://www.gbif.org/species/1908231. 
  3. 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 ☰ Q3516462 entry