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 Weymer, 1910 Taygetis angulosa Weymer, 1907 Taygetis asterie Weymer, 1910 Taygetis chiquitana Forster, 1964 Taygetis chrysogone Doubleday, [1849] Taygetis cleopatra C. & R. Felder, 1862 Taygetis drogoni Siewert, Zacca, F.M.S. Dias & Freitas, 2013 Taygetis echo (Cramer, [1775]) - echo satyr Taygetis elegia Weymer, 1910 Taygetis fulginia d’Almeida, 1922 Taygetis inambari Miller & Lamas, 1999 Taygetis inconspicua Draudt, 1931 Taygetis laches (Fabricius, 1793) Taygetis larua C. & R. Felder, 1867 Taygetis leuctra Butler, 1870 Taygetis mermeria (Cramer, [1776]) Taygetis oyapock Brévignon, 2007 Taygetis rectifascia Weymer, 1907 Taygetis rufomarginata Staudinger, 1888 Taygetis servius Weymer, 1910 Taygetis sosis Hopffer, 1874 Taygetis sylvia Bates, 1866 Taygetis thamyra (Cramer, [1779]) Taygetis tripunctata Weymer, 1907 Taygetis uncinata Weymer, 1907 Taygetis uzza Butler, 1869 Taygetis virgilia (Cramer, [1776]) Taygetis ypthima (Hübner, 1816) Taygetis zippora Butler, 1869
References
, 2005: Description of new Satyrinae from French Guiana (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Lambillionea CV sept.: 393-404.