Taygetina
Taygetina is a monotypic butterfly genus of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. The species in Coeruleotaygetis have been included in Taygetina.[1] Its one species, Taygetina banghaasi, is found in the Neotropical realm.[2]
| Taygetina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Taygetina Forster, 1964 |
| Species: | T. banghaasi |
| Binomial name | |
| Taygetina banghaasi (Weymer, 1910) | |
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Taygetina. |
- Matos-Maraví P.F., Peña C., Willmott K.R., Freitas A.V.L., Wahlberg N. 2012. 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.005 as the former is a junior synonym of the latter.
- "Taygetina Forster, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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