Mechanitis mazaeus
Mazaeus Tigerwing | |
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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 | |
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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
- Mechanitis mazaeus mazaeus; Brazil.
- Mechanitis mazaeus beebei Forbes, 1948; Venezuela
- Mechanitis mazaeus egaensis Bates, 1862; Brazil
- Mechanitis mazaeus deceptus Butler, 1873; Ecuador and Peru
- Mechanitis mazaeus fallax Butler, 1873; Colombia, Brazil and Peru
- Mechanitis mazaeus holmgreni Bryk, 1953; Bolivia and Peru
- Mechanitis mazaeus lanei Fox, 1967; Brazil
- Mechanitis mazaeus messenoides C. & R. Felder, 1865; Colombia
- Mechanitis mazaeus pannifera Butler, 1877; Surinam, the Guyanas and Brazil
- Mechanitis mazaeus pothetoide s d'Almeida, 1951; Brazil
- Mechanitis mazaeus visenda Butler, 1877; Brazil
References
Wikispecies has information related to: Mechanitis mazaeus |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mechanitis mazaeus. |
- ↑ Mechanitis mazaeus, funet.fi
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