Taygetis mermeria

Taygetis mermeria
	Dorsal side - MHNT
	Ventral side - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Taygetis
Species:	T. mermeria
Binomial name
	Taygetis mermeria; (Cramer, [1776])
Synonyms
	Papilio mermeria Cramer, [1776]; Faunus tenebrosus Blanchard, [1844]; Taygetis mermeria f. crameri Weymer, 1910; Taygetis excavata Butler, 1868;

Taygetis mermeria, the mermeria wood nymph, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout the Neotropical realm from Mexico to Bolivia. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloudforests.^[2]

Subspecies[]

Taygetis mermeria mermeria (Suriname, Bolivia, Brazil: Amazonas)
Taygetis mermeria excavata Butler, 1868 (Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras)
Taygetis mermeria griseomarginata Miller, 1978 (Mexico)

References[]

^ "Taygetis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes

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[1] "Taygetis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes

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