Taygetis laches

Taygetis laches
	Dorsal side - MHNT
	Ventral side - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Taygetis
Species:	T. laches
Binomial name
	Taygetis laches; (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
	Papilio lachesFabricius, 1793; Papilio andromedaCramer, [1776] (preocc.); Taygetis fatuaHübner, [1819]; Taygetis marginataStaudinger, 1887;

Last updated December 27, 2025

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

Taygetis laches laches (Guyana, Suriname)
Taygetis laches marginataStaudinger, [1887] (Brazil: São Paulo)
Taygetis laches isisBargmann, 1928

References

↑ "Taygetis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ Tree of Life Web Project

This Euptychiina article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

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

[2] Tree of Life Web Project

[1]

[2]