Taguaiba drogoni
| Taguaiba drogoni | |
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| Male, figure A (dorsal) and B (ventral) | |
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| Female, figure C (dorsal) and D (ventral) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Taguaiba |
| Species: | T. drogoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Taguaiba drogoni (Siewert, Zacca, Dias & Freitas, 2013)[1]
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Taguaiba drogoni is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is found in south-eastern Brazil in the states of Minas Gerais and São Paulo, at altitudes ranging from 800 to 1,500 meters.
The wingspan is 34.5–37 mm.
Etymology
[edit]The species name refers to Drogon, one of the three dragons of Daenerys Targaryen, a fictional character from the George R. R. Martin's novel A Song of Ice and Fire.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Marianne Espeland; Shinichi Nakahara; Thamara Zacca; Eduardo P. Barbosa; Blanca Huertas; et al. (2023). "Combining target enrichment and Sanger sequencing data to clarify the systematics of the diverse Neotropical butterfly subtribe Euptychiina (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)". Systematic Entomology. 48 (4): 498–570. Bibcode:2023SysEn..48..498E. doi:10.1111/syen.12590. ISSN 1365-3113.
- ^ Siewert, R.R. ; Zacca, T. , Dias, F.M.S. ; Freitas, A.V.L. , Mielke, O.H.H. & Casagrande, M.M., 2013: The “Taygetis ypthima species group” (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae): taxonomy, variation and description of a new species. Zookeys, 356: 11-29: Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.356.6481