''Posttaygetis'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

butterfly genus of the subfamily

Satyrinae The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...

in the family Nymphalidae. Its one species is ''Posttaygetis penelea'', which is found in the

Neotropical realm The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bioge ...

."''Posttaygetis'' Forster, 1964"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''

References

Euptychiina Nymphalidae of South America Monotypic butterfly genera Taxa named by Walter Forster (entomologist) {{Satyrini-stub