Taygetis mermeria (Cramer, 1776)

Papilio mermeria (Cramer, 1776)

Taygetis is a genus comprising butterflies medium to large size. Taygetis mermeria is one of the largest and has wingspan greater than 7 cm. During  4 years of sampling of frugivorous in forests near Manaus this species was not collected. However this species was relatively abundant in floodplain forest borderin the Purus River. It is a species that inhabits the understory predominantly, but was recorded in canopy traps in southeastern Brazil (Silva et al. 2010).

Adults feed on rotting fruits

Gramineae: "Bamboo" and another unidentified species (Beccalonni et al. 2008)

Beccaloni G.W, Viloria A.L., Hall S.K., Robinson G.S. (2008):

Catalogue of the hostplants of the Neotropical butterflies. Book., London, S.E.A., Ribes, CYTED, Natural History Museum, IVIC: 1-536

Silva A.R.M., Guimarães M.P.M., Vitalino R.F., Bagni A.S., Martins Y.E., Cordeiro A.M.,Oliveira E.G. (2010):

Borboletas frugívoras do Parque Estadual do Rio Doce/MG. MG BIOTA. 3(4), Belho Horizonte: 5-21