Mechanitis menapis, the Menapis tigerwing or variable tigerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1856. It is found in South America.
| Menapis tigerwing | |
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| Mechanitis menapis doryssus - Veracruz, Mexico | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Mechanitis |
| Species: | M. menapis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mechanitis menapis | |
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The larvae feed on Solanum species, including S. hispidum and S. torvum.
Subspecies
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- M. m. menapis (Colombia)
- M. m. caribensis Fox, 1967 (Venezuela)
- M. m. dariensis Brown, 1977 (Panama)
- M. m. doryssus Bates, 1864 (Guatemala, Mexico, Panama)
- M. m. mantineus Hewitson, 1869 (Ecuador: western Andes)
- M. m. occasiva Fox, 1967 (Colombia)
- M. m. saturata Godman, 1901 (Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica)
References
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