Biology:Mechanitis menapis

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Menapis tigerwing
Mechanitis menapis doryssus - Veracruz, Mexico
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Mechanitis menapis
Hewitson, 1856[1]
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

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

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

  1. ↑ Mechanitis menapis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Wikidata ☰ Q6804662 entry




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