''Taguaiba rectifascia'' is a species of

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the southeastern and southern

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ian states of

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, Paraná and Santa Catarina at altitudes ranging from 300 to 1,200 meters. It has also been found in other southeastern states of Brazil as well as in south western Ecuador. Adults have been recorded year round., 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:

References

Butterflies described in 1907 Euptychiina Fauna of Brazil Nymphalidae of South America {{Satyrini-stub