Mechanitis mazaeus

Mechanitis mazaeus, the Mazaeus tigerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South America.

Mazaeus tigerwing
M. m. messenoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Mechanitis
Species:
M. mazaeus
Binomial name
Mechanitis mazaeus
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 larvae have been recorded feeding on Solanum species, including S. subnerme.

Subspecies
  • 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 (Surinam, the Guyanas and Brazil)
  • M. m. pothetoide d'Almeida, 1951 (Brazil)
  • M. m. visenda Butler, 1877 (Brazil)
Top figure is M. mazaeus
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References
  1. "Mechanitis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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