Mechanitis polymnia


Mechanitis polymnia, the orange-spotted tiger clearwing or disturbed tigerwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to the Amazon rainforest. The wingspan is. The larvae feed on Solanum species.

Subspecies

  • M. p. polymnia
  • M. p. isthmia Bates, 1863
  • M. p. chimborazona Bates, 1864
  • M. p. lycidice Bates, 1864
  • M. p. veritabilis Butler, 1873
  • M. p. dorissides Staudinger,
  • M. p. casabranca Haensch, 1905
  • M. p. eurydice Haensch, 1905
  • M. p. caucaensis Haensch, 1909
  • M. p. werneri Hering, 1925
  • M. p. angustifascia Talbot, 1928
  • M. p. apicenotata Zikán, 1941
  • M. p. mauensis Forbes, 1948
  • M. p. proceriformis Bryk, 1953
  • M. p. bolivarensis Fox, 1967
  • M. p. kayei Fox, 1967