Taygetis laches
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Taygetis |
| Species: | T. laches
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Taygetis laches is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to northern Argentina.[2]
The larvae feed on Olyra, Acroceras and Panicum species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Taygetis laches laches (Guyana, Suriname)
- Taygetis laches marginata Staudinger, [1887] (Brazil: São Paulo)
- Taygetis laches isis Bargmann, 1928
References
[edit]- ^ "Taygetis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Tree of Life Web Project