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Taygetis laches

Taygetis laches

Spotting Image 1

Description:

Brown butterfly with one dark spot and several light ones.

Habitat:

Lacandon Rainforest.

1 Species ID Suggestions

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LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago
apparently none
Taygetis laches Laches Satyr


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6 Comments

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LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you very much Lauren for the ID and the links.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Hi Luis, this was a tough one because of the missing upper wing. Anyway, it is what you can call the "Laches Satyr", Taygetis laches of the Family Satyridae which seems now to be a subfamily of the Nymphalidae as Satyrinae. It has a distribution from Mexico to northern Argentina. Here are some references:
http://www.botwf.org/page300.html
http://www.bio-nica.info/Ento/Lepido/Nym... (Scroll down for pictures)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taygetis_la...
http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/ta...

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LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Lauren I couldn't find a match in my butterfly guide.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Definitely a Satyrid - I'll look for it for you.

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LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Gilma.

Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman 10 years ago

Nice spotting, LuisStevens.

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LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Mexico

Spotted on Dec 9, 2013
Submitted on Feb 18, 2014

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