Mechanitis mazaeus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Mechanitis

Similar Forbestra, Mechanitis menapis, Scada, Napeogenes, Melinaea ludovica

Mechanitis mazaeus, the Mazaeus tigerwing, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South America.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Solanum species, including S. subnerme.

Subspecies

M. m. mazaeus (Brazil)

M. m. beebei Forbes, 1948 (Venezuela)

M. m. egaensis Bates, 1862 (Brazil)

M. m. deceptus Butler, 1873 (Ecuador and Peru)

M. m. fallax Butler, 1873 (Colombia, Brazil and Peru)

M. m. holmgreni Bryk, 1953 (Bolivia and Peru)

M. m. lanei Fox, 1967 (Brazil)

M. m. messenoides C. & R. Felder, 1865 (Colombia)

M. m. pannifera Butler, 1877 (Surinam, the Guyanas and Brazil)

M. m. pothetoide d'Almeida, 1951 (Brazil)

M. m. visenda Butler, 1877 (Brazil)

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