Mechanitis menapis
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Mechanitis menapis doryssus - Veracruz, Mexico | |
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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 , and S. torvum.
Subspecies[]
- 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[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mechanitis menapis. |
Wikispecies has information related to Mechanitis. |
- ^ Mechanitis menapis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1856
- Ithomiini
- Nymphalidae of South America
- Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
- Danainae stubs