Taygetis laches

Taygetis laches
	Dorsal side - MHNT
	Ventral side - MHNT
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Taygetis
Species:	T. laches
Binomial name
	Taygetis laches; (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
	Papilio laches Fabricius, 1793; Papilio andromeda Cramer, [1776] (preocc.); Taygetis fatua Hübner, [1819]; Taygetis marginata Staudinger, 1887;

Taygetis laches is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to northern Argentina.^[2]

The larvae feed on Olyra, Acroceras and Panicum species.

Subspecies edit

^ "Taygetis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Tree of Life Web Project

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