Coeruleotaygetis

Coeruleotaygetis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Tribe: Satyrini
Subtribe: Euptychiina
Genus: Coeruleotaygetis
Forster, 1964
Species: C. periboea
Binomial name
Coeruleotaygetis periboea
(Godman & Salvin, 1880)

Coeruleotaygetis is a monotypic butterfly genus of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. It is considered a synonym of the genus Taygetina.[1] Its one species, Coeruleotaygetis periboea, is found in the Neotropical realm.[2]

References

  1. Matos-Maraví P.F., Peña C., Willmott K.R., Freitas A.V.L., Wahlberg N. 2012. Systematics and evolutionary history of butterflies in the “Taygetis clade” (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Euptychiina): Towards a better understanding of Neotropical biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66:54–68. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.005
  2. "Coeruleotaygetis Forster, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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