Mechanitis mazaeus
Appearance
Mazaeus tigerwing | |
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M. m. messenoides | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Mechanitis |
Species: | M. mazaeus
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Binomial name | |
Mechanitis mazaeus | |
Synonyms | |
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Mechanitis mazaeus, the Mazaeus tigerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South America.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Solanum species, including S. subnerme.
Subspecies
[edit]- 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 (Suriname, the Guyanas and Brazil)
- M. m. pothetoide d'Almeida, 1951 (Brazil)
- M. m. visenda Butler, 1877 (Brazil)
References
[edit]Wikispecies has information related to Mechanitis mazaeus.
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- ^ "Mechanitis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms