ZooKeys (Nov 2013)

The “Taygetis ypthima species group” (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae): taxonomy, variation and description of a new species

  • Ricardo Siewert,
  • Thamara Zacca,
  • Fernando Dias,
  • André Freitas,
  • Olaf Mielke,
  • Mirna Casagrande

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.356.6481
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 356, no. 0
pp. 11 – 29

Abstract

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A new species of Taygetis Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) from southeastern Brazil is described: Taygetis drogoni sp. n. In addition, T. servius Weymer, 1910 and T. fulginia d’Almeida, 1922 are resurrected from synonymy and a taxonomic discussion on the species T. ypthima Hübner, [1821] and T. rectifascia Weymer, 1907 is provided. A dichotomous key for the species is also provided.