Mechanitis
| Mechanitis | |
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| Mechanitis polymnia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Danainae |
| Tribe: | Ithomiini |
| Genus: | Mechanitis Fabricius, 1807 |
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Mechanitis is a genus of tigerwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Fabricius in 1807. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. It has gained fame due to the metallic appearance of the cocoons of certain phenotypes.
Species
Arranged alphabetically.[1][2]
- Mechanitis lysimnia (Fabricius, 1793) – Confused Tigerwing
- Mechanitis mazaeus Hewitson, 1860 – Mazaeus Tigerwing
- Mechanitis menapis Hewitson, [1856] – Variable Tigerwing
- Mechanitis polymnia (Linnaeus, 1758) – Distured Tigerwing, Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Mechanitis |
- ↑ Mechanitis, funet.fi
- ↑ Glassberg, J. (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Book Inc.