Taygetis mermeria Cramer, 1779 is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Taygetis mermeria Cramer, 1779

Taygetis mermeria Cramer, 1779

Taygetis mermeria, the mermeria wood nymph, is a Nymphalidae butterfly found across the Neotropical realm in rainforests and cloudforests.

Family
Genus
Taygetis
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Taygetis mermeria Cramer, 1779

Taygetis mermeria, commonly known as the mermeria wood nymph, is a butterfly species that belongs to the family Nymphalidae. This species is distributed across the entire Neotropical realm, ranging from Mexico to Bolivia. Its natural habitat includes rainforests and cloudforests.

Photo: (c) Daniel Bernardo Turrent Robles, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Daniel Bernardo Turrent Robles · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Taygetis

More from Nymphalidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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