Mechanitis menapis

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

Similar Mechanitis, Mechanitis lysimnia, Mechanitis polymnia, Melinaea, Mechanitis mazaeus

Mechanitis menapis, the Menapis tigerwing or variable tigerwing, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. 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

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)

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