Taygetis rectifascia

Taygetis rectifascia
	Male, figure A (dorsal) and B (ventral)
	Female, figure C (dorsal) and D (ventral)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Taygetis
Species:	T. rectifascia
Binomial name
	Taygetis rectifascia; Weymer, 1907
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 Brazilian 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[]

^ "Taygetis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Taygetis rectifascia Weymer, 1907".
^ 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

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

[2] "Taygetis rectifascia Weymer, 1907".

[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

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