Mechanitis mazaeus

Mazaeus Tigerwing
Mechanitis mazaeus messenoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Mechanitis
Species: M. mazaeus
Binomial name
Mechanitis mazaeus
Hewitson, 1860[1]
Synonyms
  • Mechanitis mazaeus ab. nigroapicalis Haensch, 1905
  • Mechanitis foxi d'Almeida, 1951
  • Mechanitis polymnia var. egaensis Bates, 1862
  • Mechanitis obscura Butler, 1877
  • Mechanitis egaensis contracta Riley, 1919
  • Mechanitis egaensis obumbrata d'Almeida, 1951
  • Mechanitis messenoides C. & R. Felder, 1865
  • Mechanitis deceptus Butler, 1873
  • Mechanitis mazaeus simplex Bryk, 1953
  • Mechanitis fallax Butler, 1873
  • Mechanitis polymnia var. plagifera Staudinger, 1885
  • Mechanitis mazaeus ab. phasianita Haensch, 1905
  • Mechanitis mazaeus ab. lucifera Haensch, 1905
  • Mechanitis visenda elevata Riley, 1919
  • Mechanitis lorigae Fernández, 1928
  • Mechanitis egaensis septentrionalis Apolinar, 1928
  • Mechanitis mazaeus williamsi Fox, 1941
  • Mechanitis pannifera Butler, 1877
  • Mechanitis visenda Butler, 1877
  • Mechanitis messenoides ballucatus Fox, 1967

The Mazaeus Tigerwing (Mechanitis mazaeus) 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 Solanum subnerme.

Subspecies

Top figure is M. mazaeus

References

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