Coeruleotaygetis

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

Coeruleotaygetis
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Coeruleotaygetis

Forster, 1964
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C. peribaea
Binomial name
Coeruleotaygetis peribaea
(Godman & Salvin, 1880)

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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