Male

 

wingspan : 75 mm


all the butterflies known as Taygetis andromeda (Cramer 1779) are now distributed between three species, Taygetis laches (Fabricius 1793), and two undescribed (?) species, sp n°1 and sp n° 2 (KRW pers.com.)


It is impossible to tell sp 1 from sp 2, and for laches, the commonest species, you can identify only males from their androconias, which means you need a dorsal view, which means you can't identify pictures of live butterflies.


and its wings underside is extremely variable


seen at Nambija, Nangaritza, rio Bombuscaro.

Taygetis ex-andromeda a Nangaritza
Taygetis ex-andromeda al río Bombuscaro
Taygetis ex-andromeda a los Encuentros.
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