Mechanitis menapis

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
Mechanitis menapis doryssus - Veracruz, Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Mechanitis
Species:	M. menapis
Binomial name
Mechanitis menapis Hewitson, 1856[1]
Synonyms
Mechanitis franis Reakirt, 1868 Mechanitis menapis var. peruana Hopffer, 1879 Mechanitis doryssus Bates, 1864 Mechanitis doryssus f. saturata ab. escalantei Hoffmann, 1940 Mechanitis mantineus Hewitson, 1869 Mechanitis saturata Godman, [1901] Mechanitis doryssus var. saturatus

The larvae feed on Solanum species, including S. hispidum and S. torvum.

Subspecies

Mechanitis menapis mantineus, Ecuador, Mindo

• 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)