Menapis Tigerwing

Mechanitis menapis

Family: Nymphalidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Description

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.

Subspecies:

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)

Source: Wikipedia, article Mechanitis menapis. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.