Taygetis laches (Fabricius, 1793)
Common Name:
Laches Satyr
Laches Satyr
Natural History:
Taygetis laches is a common species throughout the year and inhabits the understory of the forest. Also inhabit secondary forest.
In the central Amazonia other 5 species occur and a number of specimens remains unidentified (Lamas, 2004).
Distribution:
Brasil; Costa Rica; Guyana; Perú; Suriname
Brasil; Costa Rica; Guyana; Perú; Suriname
Feeding Adult:
Adults feed on rotting fruits
Feeding Caterpillars:
According Beccaloni et al. (2008) the caterpillars feed on:
Gramineae: Acroceras zizanioides, Olyra latifolia, Panicum sp., Panicum maximum, Saccharum officinarum, Setaria sp. Anothers species unidentified in Gramineae and Palmae.
Color:
brown, grey
brown, grey
Habitat:
forest, forest edge
forest, forest edge
Publications:
- Lamas G. (2004):
- Atlas of neotropical Lepidoptera - Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. Book.: 1-439
- 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