Taygetis laches

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

Taygetis laches
Dorsal side - MHNT
Ventral side - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Taygetis
Species:	T. laches
Binomial name
Taygetis laches (Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio laches Fabricius, 1793 Papilio andromeda Cramer, [1776] (preocc.) Taygetis fatua Hübner, [1819] Taygetis marginata Staudinger, 1887

The larvae feed on Olyra, Acroceras and Panicum species.

Subspecies

• Taygetis laches laches (Guyana, Suriname)
• Taygetis laches marginata Staudinger, [1887] (Brazil: São Paulo)
• Taygetis laches isis Bargmann, 1928