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Taygetis ypthima

Synonyms: Taygetis chelys; Taygetis lineata; Taygetis ophelia; Taygetis semibrunnea; Taygetis xantippe

Wikipedia Abstract

Taygetis ypthima is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in northeastern, southeastern and southern Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina at altitudes ranging from sea level to 2,000 metres. Adults have been recorded year round.
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Prey / Diet

Bambusa bambos (thorny bamboo)[1]
Bambusa vulgaris (common bamboo)[1]
Chusquea meyeriana[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0