Mechanitis menapis

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.

Menapis tigerwing
Mechanitis menapis doryssus - Veracruz, Mexico
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Mechanitis
Species:
M. menapis
Binomial name
Mechanitis menapis
Synonyms
  • Mechanitis franis Reakirt, 1868
  • Mechanitis menapis var. peruana Hopffer, 1879
  • Mechanitis doryssus Bates, 1864
  • Mechanitis doryssus f. saturata ab. escalantei Hoffmann, 1940
  • Mechanitis mantineus Hewitson, 1869
  • Mechanitis saturata Godman, [1901]
  • Mechanitis doryssus var. saturatus

The larvae feed on Solanum species, including S. hispidum and S. torvum.

Subspecies
Mechanitis menapis mantineus, Ecuador, Mindo
  • 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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  1. Mechanitis menapis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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