| Mazaeus tigerwing | |
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| M. m. messenoides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Mechanitis |
| Species: | M. mazaeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Mechanitis mazaeus Hewitson, 1860 | |
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Mechanitis mazaeus, the Mazaeus tigerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South America.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Solanum species, including S. subnerme.
Subspecies
- M. m. mazaeus (Brazil)
- M. m. beebei Forbes, 1948 (Venezuela)
- M. m. egaensis Bates, 1862 (Brazil)
- M. m. deceptus Butler, 1873 (Ecuador and Peru)
- M. m. fallax Butler, 1873 (Colombia, Brazil and Peru)
- M. m. holmgreni Bryk, 1953 (Bolivia and Peru)
- M. m. lanei Fox, 1967 (Brazil)
- M. m. messenoides C. & R. Felder, 1865 (Colombia)
- M. m. pannifera Butler, 1877 (Suriname, the Guyanas and Brazil)
- M. m. pothetoide d'Almeida, 1951 (Brazil)
- M. m. visenda Butler, 1877 (Brazil)
References
- "Mechanitis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Mechanitis mazaeus | |
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