Mechanitis lysimnia

Mechanitis lysimnia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Mechanitis
Species:	M. lysimnia
Binomial name
Mechanitis lysimnia (Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio lysimnia Fabricius, 1793 Heliconia lysimnia Heliconia aurea Moreira, 1881 Heliconia narcea Moreira, 1881 Mechanitis lysimnia ab. albescens Haensch, 1905 Papilio castalia Larrañaga, 1923 (preocc. Fabricius, 1793) Mechanitis nesaea Hübner, [1820] Mechanitis lysimnia ab. sulphurescens Haensch, 1905 Heliconia lysimnia elisa Guérin-Méneville, [1844] Mechanitis elisa connectens Talbot, 1928 Mechanitis macrinus Hewitson, 1860 Mechanitis numerianus C. & R. Felder, 1865 Mechanitis macrinus blissi Fox, 1942 Mechanitis menecles Hewitson, 1860 Mechanitis elisa acreana d'Almeida, 1950 Mechanitis utemaia Reakirt, 1866 Mechanitis doryssus f. utemaia ab. extrema Hoffmann, 1940 Mechanitis labotas Distant, 1876 Mechanitis ocona Druce, 1876 Mechanitis vilcanota Röber, 1904 Mechanitis mantineus f. forbesi Bryk, 1937

The Confused Tigerwing, Sweet-oil Tiger,^[2] or Lysimnia Tigerwing (Mechanitis lysimnia) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Fabricius in 1793. It is found in Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Uruguay. The habitat consists of disturbed forests at altitudes up to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft).

Adults have been recorded feeding on nectar from Eupatorium flowers.

The larvae are gregarious and feed on Solanum species and possibly other members of the Solanaceae family. They are pale green streaked with yellow.^[2]

Subspecies

• Mechanitis lysimnia lysimnia (Brazil, Uruguay)
• Mechanitis lysimnia bipuncta Forbes, 1948 (Venezuela)
• Mechanitis lysimnia elisa (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]) (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Mato Grosso)
• Mechanitis lysimnia labotas Distant, 1876 (Costa Rica)
• Mechanitis lysimnia limnaea Forbes, 1930 (French Guiana)
• Mechanitis lysimnia macrinus Hewitson, 1860 (Panama, Colombia, Ecuador)
• Mechanitis lysimnia menecles Hewitson, 1860 (Brazil: Amazonas, Acre)
• Mechanitis lysimnia nesaea Hübner, [1820] (Brazil: Bahia)
• Mechanitis lysimnia ocona Druce, 1876 (Peru)
• Mechanitis lysimnia roqueensis Bryk, 1953 (Peru)
• Mechanitis lysimnia solaria Forbes, 1948 (Venezuela)
• Mechanitis lysimnia utemaia Reakirt, 1866 (Honduras, Mexico)

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