Mechanitis menapis
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Menapis tigerwing | |
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Mechanitis menapis doryssus - Veracruz, Mexico | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Mechanitis |
Species: | M. menapis
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Binomial name | |
Mechanitis menapis | |
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Mechanitis menapis, the Menapis tigerwing or variable tigerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1856. It is found in South America.
The larvae feed on Solanum species, including S. hispidum and S. torvum.
Subspecies
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- M. m. menapis (Colombia)
- M. m. caribensis Fox, 1967 (Venezuela)
- M. m. dariensis Brown, 1977 (Panama)
- M. m. doryssus Bates, 1864 (Guatemala, Mexico, Panama)
- M. m. mantineus Hewitson, 1869 (Ecuador: western Andes)
- M. m. occasiva Fox, 1967 (Colombia)
- M. m. saturata Godman, 1901 (Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica)
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mechanitis menapis.
- ^ Mechanitis menapis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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- Ithomiini
- Butterflies of Central America
- Nymphalidae of South America
- Butterflies described in 1856
- Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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