Mechanitis menapis

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| name = Menapis tigerwing

| image = Mechanitis menapis doryssus.jpg

| image_caption = Mechanitis menapis doryssus - Veracruz, Mexico

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| taxon = Mechanitis menapis

| authority = Hewitson, 1856[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/danainae/mechanitis/#menapis Mechanitis menapis] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

| 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

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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

File:Mechanitis menapis mantineus (Nymphalidae, Danainae, Ithomiini).jpg

  • 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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