Mechanitis mazaeus

Mechanitis mazaeus, the Mazaeus tigerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South America.

Mazaeus tigerwing
M. m. messenoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Mechanitis
Species:	M. mazaeus
Binomial name
Mechanitis mazaeus Hewitson, 1860[1]
Synonyms
Mechanitis mazaeus ab. nigroapicalis Haensch, 1905 Mechanitis foxi d'Almeida, 1951 Mechanitis polymnia var. egaensis Bates, 1862 Mechanitis obscura Butler, 1877 Mechanitis egaensis contracta Riley, 1919 Mechanitis egaensis obumbrata d'Almeida, 1951 Mechanitis messenoides C. & R. Felder, 1865 Mechanitis deceptus Butler, 1873 Mechanitis mazaeus simplex Bryk, 1953 Mechanitis fallax Butler, 1873 Mechanitis polymnia var. plagifera Staudinger, 1885 Mechanitis mazaeus ab. phasianita Haensch, 1905 Mechanitis mazaeus ab. lucifera Haensch, 1905 Mechanitis visenda elevata Riley, 1919 Mechanitis lorigae Fernández, 1928 Mechanitis egaensis septentrionalis Apolinar, 1928 Mechanitis mazaeus williamsi Fox, 1941 Mechanitis pannifera Butler, 1877 Mechanitis visenda Butler, 1877 Mechanitis messenoides ballucatus Fox, 1967

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)

Top figure is M. mazaeus