Immature Stages and New Host Plant Records for Three Species in the Taygetis Clade of Euptychiina in Southeastern Peru (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)

We report here the immature stages and natural host plants for three species in the so-called Taygetis clade of the nymphalid butterfly subtribe Euptychiina, Taygetis echo (Cramer, 1775), Taygetis sosis Hopffer, 1874, and Pseudodebis valentina (Cramer, 1779). The study was carried out at Finca Las Piedras in Madre de Dios department, Peru. Taygetis echo was observed utilizing a species of herbaceous bamboo, Olyra latifolia L. (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Olyreae), T. sosis was found feeding on another species of herbaceous bamboo, Pariana lunata Nees (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Olyreae), and P. valentina was found utilizing a species of woody bamboo, Guadua weberbaueri Pilg. (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae). We describe and provide photos of the immatures and host plants, as well as illustrations of the head capsules for each of these three species.

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We report the immature stages and natural host plants of three species in the Taygetis clade of the Euptychiina subtribe. The study was conducted in Peru, and we found that Taygetis echo feeds on Olyra latifolia, Taygetis sosis feeds on Pariana lunata, and Pseudodebis valentina feeds on Guadua weberbaueri. We provide descriptions, photos, and illustrations of the immatures and host plants for each species.