Mechanitis
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Mechanitis is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine
) butterflies, named by Fabricius in 1807. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae
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Ithomiini
Ithomiini is a butterfly tribe in the nymphalid subfamily Danainae. Some authors consider the group to be a subfamily . These butterflies are exclusively Neotropical, found in humid forests from sea-level to 3000 m, from the southwestern United States to Argentina...
) butterflies, named by Fabricius in 1807. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
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Species
Arranged alphabetically.- Mechanitis lysimnia (Fabricius, 1793)
- Mechanitis mazaeus Hewitson, 1860
- Mechanitis menapis Hewitson, [1856]
- Mechanitis polymniaMechanitis polymniaThe Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing, Mechanitis polymnia, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to the Amazon Rainforest. The wingspan is...
(Linnaeus, 1758)