Menapis tigerwing | |
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Mechanitis menapis doryssus - Veracruz, Mexico | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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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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.
The larvae feed on Solanum species, including S. hispidum and S. torvum.