Mechanitis polymnia
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| Mechanitis polymnia | |
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| File:Disturbed Tigerwings, Quito.jpg | |
| Dorsal side, Quito, Ecuador | |
| File:Disturbed Tigerwing (Mechanitis polymnia).jpg | |
| Ventral side, Quito, Ecuador | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Mechanitis |
| Species: | M. polymnia
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| Binomial name | |
| Mechanitis polymnia | |
| Subspecies | |
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Many, see text | |
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Mechanitis polymnia, the orange-spotted tiger clearwing or disturbed tigerwing,[1] is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to the Amazon rainforest. The wingspan is 65–75 mm (2.6–3.0 in). The larvae feed on Solanum species.
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]- M. p. polymnia (Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil)
- M. p. isthmia Bates, 1863 (Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica)
- M. p. chimborazona Bates, 1864 (Ecuador)
- M. p. lycidice Bates, 1864 (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras)
- M. p. veritabilis Butler, 1873 (Colombia, Venezuela)
- M. p. dorissides Staudinger, [1884] (Peru)
- M. p. casabranca Haensch, 1905 (Brazil (Minas Gerais))
- M. p. eurydice Haensch, 1905 (Peru)
- M. p. caucaensis Haensch, 1909 (Colombia)
- M. p. werneri Hering, 1925 (Colombia)
- M. p. angustifascia Talbot, 1928 (Peru, Brazil)
- M. p. apicenotata Zikán, 1941 (Brazil (Amazonas))
- M. p. mauensis Forbes, 1948 (Brazil (Pará))
- M. p. proceriformis Bryk, 1953 (Peru)
- M. p. bolivarensis Fox, 1967 (Venezuela)
- M. p. kayei Fox, 1967 (Trinidad)
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Eggs of M. polymnia
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Chrysalis of M. polymnia
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Living specimen
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M. p. isthmia
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M. p. polymnia - dorsal side
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M. p. polymnia - ventral side
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Glassberg, Jeffrey (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. p.145.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Mechanitis polymnia at Wikispecies
- Larvae and pupa
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Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1758
- Lepidoptera of Brazil
- Nymphalidae of South America
- Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Ithomiini
- Lepidoptera of French Guiana
- Lepidoptera of Mexico
- Butterflies of Central America
- Lepidoptera of Ecuador
- Lepidoptera of Colombia
- Lepidoptera of Venezuela
- Lepidoptera of Peru
- Butterflies of Trinidad and Tobago
- Danainae stubs