Polymnia Tigerwing

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 (Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil)
• M. p. isthmia Bates, 1863 (Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica)
• M. p. chimborazona Bates, 1864 (Ecuador)
• M. p. lycidice Bates, 1864 (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras)
• M. p. veritabilis Butler, 1873 (Colombia, Venezuela)
• M. p. dorissides Staudinger, [1884] (Peru)
• M. p. casabranca Haensch, 1905 (Brazil (Minas Gerais))
• M. p. eurydice Haensch, 1905 (Peru)
• M. p. caucaensis Haensch, 1909 (Colombia)
• M. p. werneri Hering, 1925 (Colombia)
• M. p. angustifascia Talbot, 1928 (Peru, Brazil)
• M. p. apicenotata Zikán, 1941 (Brazil (Amazonas))
• M. p. mauensis Forbes, 1948 (Brazil (Pará))
• M. p. proceriformis Bryk, 1953 (Peru)
• M. p. bolivarensis Fox, 1967 (Venezuela)
• M. p. kayei Fox, 1967 (Trinidad)