Taygetis
| Taygetis | |
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| Taygetis virgilia, Trinidad | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subtribe: | Euptychiina |
| Genus: | Taygetis Hübner, [1819] |
Taygetis is a genus of satyrid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm.
Taxonomy and evolution[]
The genus appeared as polyphyletic,[1] with and as part of the butterfly genus Taygetina, whereas Taygetis rectifascia and Taygetis ypthima are related to the genus Pseudodebis. Recently, the "Taygetis ypthima species group" was defined,[2] and it includes Taygetis rectifascia, Taygetis ypthima, Taygetis drogoni, and Taygetis fulginia. However, the inclusion of such a species group within the genus Taygetis is unsupported by molecular[1] and karyological data.[3]
Species[]
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- Weymer, 1910
- Weymer, 1907
- Weymer, 1910
- Forster, 1964
- Doubleday, [1849]
- C. & R. Felder, 1862
- Taygetis drogoni Siewert, Zacca, F.M.S. Dias & Freitas, 2013
- (Cramer, [1775]) - echo satyr
- Weymer, 1910
- Taygetis fulginia d’Almeida, 1922
- Miller & Lamas, 1999
- Draudt, 1931
- Taygetis laches (Fabricius, 1793)
- C. & R. Felder, 1867
- Butler, 1870
- Taygetis mermeria (Cramer, [1776])
- Brévignon, 2007
- Taygetis rectifascia Weymer, 1907
- Staudinger, 1888
- Taygetis servius Weymer, 1910
- Hopffer, 1874
- Bates, 1866
- Taygetis thamyra (Cramer, [1779])
- Weymer, 1907
- Weymer, 1907
- Butler, 1869
- Taygetis virgilia (Cramer, [1776])
- Taygetis ypthima (Hübner, 1816)
- Butler, 1869
References[]
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- ^ a b Matos-Maraví, P.F., Peña, C., Willmott, K.R., Freitas, A.V.L. & Wahlberg, N., 2013: Systematics and evolutionary history of butterflies in the “Taygetis clade” (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Euptychiina): towards a better understanding of Neotropical biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 66: 54-68: Abstract and full article: doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.005
- ^ 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
- ^ Brown Jr, K.S., Freitas, A.V.L., von Schoultz, B., Saura, A.O. & Saura, A., 2007: Chromosomal evolution of South American frugivorous butterflies in the Satyroid clade (Nymphalidae: Charaxinae, Morphinae and Satyrinae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 92: 467-461
- ^ Lamas, Gerardo, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea
- ^ "Taygetis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Brevignon, Christian, 2005: Description of new Satyrinae from French Guiana (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Lambillionea CV sept.: 393-404.
Categories:
- Euptychiina
- Nymphalidae of South America
- Butterflies of Trinidad and Tobago
- Butterfly genera
- Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
- Satyrini stubs