Mechanitis lysimnia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Mechanitis |
| Species: | M. lysimnia
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Mechanitis lysimnia, the confused tigerwing, sweet-oil tiger[2] or lysimnia tigerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Johan Christian 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 family Solanaceae. They are pale green streaked with yellow.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- M. l. lysimnia (Brazil, Uruguay)
- M. l. bipuncta Forbes, 1948 (Venezuela)
- M. l. elisa (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]) (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Mato Grosso)
- M. l. labotas Distant, 1876 (Costa Rica)
- M. l. limnaea Forbes, 1930 (French Guiana)
- M. l. macrinus Hewitson, 1860 (Panama, Colombia, Ecuador)
- M. l. menecles Hewitson, 1860 (Brazil: Amazonas, Acre)
- M. l. nesaea Hübner, [1820] (Brazil: Bahia)
- M. l. ocona Druce, 1876 (Peru)
- M. l. roqueensis Bryk, 1953 (Peru)
- M. l. solaria Forbes, 1948 (Venezuela)
- M. l. utemaia Reakirt, 1866 (Honduras, Mexico)
- M. l. tapajona Freitas & Pona, 2022 (Brasil) [3]
References
[edit]- ^ Mechanitis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ a b Sweet-oil Tiger, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
- ^ André Victor Lucci Freitas, Luísa L. Mota; Augusto Rosa, Lucius Rabelo Vasconcellos (2022-06-01). "A new subspecies of Mechanitis lysimnia from southern Amazonia (Nymphalidae: Danainae: Ithomiini)". Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 32 (1): 47–51. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6604683. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
External links
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Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1793
- Ithomiini
- Lepidoptera of Brazil
- Nymphalidae of South America
- Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
- Butterflies of Central America
- Lepidoptera of Mexico
- Lepidoptera of Venezuela
- Lepidoptera of Ecuador
- Lepidoptera of Peru
- Lepidoptera of Bolivia
- Lepidoptera of French Guiana
- Lepidoptera of Colombia
- Danainae stubs