Taygetis is a genus of satyrid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm.
Taxonomy and evolution
The genus appeared as polyphyletic, with Taygetis kerea and Taygetis weymeri as part of the butterfly genus Taygetina, whereas Taygetis rectifascia and Taygetis ypthima are related to the genus Pseudodebis. Recently, the "Taygetis ypthima species group" was defined, and it includes Taygetis rectifascia, Taygetis ypthima, Taygetis drogoni, and Taygetis fulginia. However, the inclusion of such a species group within the genus Taygetis is unsupported by molecular and karyological data.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
- Taygetis acuta <small> Weymer, 1910</small>
- Taygetis angulosa <small> Weymer, 1907</small>
- Taygetis asterie <small> Weymer, 1910</small>
- Taygetis chiquitana <small> Forster, 1964</small>
- Taygetis chrysogone <small> Doubleday, [1849]</small>
- Taygetis cleopatra <small> C. & R. Felder, 1862</small>
- Taygetis drogoni <small>Siewert, Zacca, F.M.S. Dias & Freitas, 2013</small>
- Taygetis echo <small> (Cramer, [1775])</small> - echo satyr
- Taygetis elegia <small> Weymer, 1910</small>
- Taygetis fulginia <small>dâÂÂAlmeida, 1922</small>
- Taygetis inambari <small> Miller & Lamas, 1999</small>
- Taygetis inconspicua <small> Draudt, 1931</small>
- Taygetis laches <small> (Fabricius, 1793)</small>
- Taygetis larua <small> C. & R. Felder, 1867</small>
- Taygetis leuctra <small> Butler, 1870</small>
- Taygetis mermeria <small> (Cramer, [1776])</small>
- Taygetis oyapock <small> Brévignon, 2007</small>
- Taygetis rectifascia <small> Weymer, 1907</small>
- Taygetis rufomarginata <small> Staudinger, 1888</small>
- Taygetis servius <small>Weymer, 1910</small>
- Taygetis sosis <small> Hopffer, 1874</small>
- Taygetis sylvia <small> Bates, 1866</small>
- Taygetis thamyra <small> (Cramer, [1779])</small>
- Taygetis tripunctata <small> Weymer, 1907</small>
- Taygetis uncinata <small> Weymer, 1907</small>
- Taygetis uzza <small> Butler, 1869</small>
- Taygetis virgilia <small> (Cramer, [1776])</small>
- Taygetis ypthima <small> (Hübner, 1816)</small>
- Taygetis zippora <small> Butler, 1869</small>
References
- , 2005: Description of new Satyrinae from French Guiana (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Lambillionea CV sept.: 393âÂÂ404.