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 mermeriaCramer, [1776]; Faunus tenebrosusBlanchard, [1844]; Taygetis mermeria f. crameriWeymer, 1910; Taygetis excavataButler, 1868;

Last updated August 21, 2025

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 excavataButler, 1868 (Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras)
Taygetis mermeria griseomarginataMiller, 1978 (Mexico)

See also Taygetis mermeria f. crameriWeymer, 1910 [Unknown source, but see Weymer, 1924: 185.^[3] (also in german ].

References

↑ "Taygetis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes ^{[ usurped ]}
↑ Weymer, G. (1924). 4. Satyridae. In. The Macrolepidoptera of the world: a systematic account of all the known Macrolepidoptera. (Alternative title: Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde: eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge). Seitz, A. (Ed.). Vol. 5: (part 2). pp. 173–283. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.126182.

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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 ^{[ usurped ]}

[Weymer1924-3] Weymer, G. (1924). 4. Satyridae. In. The Macrolepidoptera of the world: a systematic account of all the known Macrolepidoptera. (Alternative title: Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde: eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge). Seitz, A. (Ed.). Vol. 5: (part 2). pp. 173–283. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.126182.

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