Mechanitis lysimnia Fabricius, 1793
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Danainae → tribe Ithomiini → subtribe Mechanitina → genus Mechanitis → species Mechanitis lysimnia
Species name(s)
Mechanitis lysimnia Fabricius, 1793 = Papilio lysimnia Fabricius, 1793 = Mechanitis albescens Haensch 1905 = Mechanitis blissi Fox 1942 = Mechanitis connectens Collenette & Talbot 1929 = Heliconia lysimene Godart, 1819 = Heliconia narcea Moreira, 1881 = Mechanitis ocona Druce 1876 = Mechanitis roqueensis Bryk 1953 = Mechanitis sulphurea May 1924 = Mechanitis suphurescens Haensch 1905. [9, 85, 187]
Lysimnia Tigerwing.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Neotropic.
Primary colors
Orange, Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black, White.
Subspecies of Mechanitis lysimnia
- Mechanitis lysimnia acreana Ferreira d'Almeida, 1950. [187]
- M. l. bipuncta Forbes, 1948. [9]
- M. l. elisa (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]). [9]
- M. l. labotas Distant, 1876. [9]
- M. l. limnaea Forbes, 1930. [9]
- M. l. lysimnia. [9]
- M. l. macrinus Hewitson, 1860. [9]
- M. l. menecles Hewitson, 1860. [9]
- M. l. nesaea Hübner, [1820]. [9]
- M. l. neseaea Hübner, 1820. [187]
- M. l. ocona Druce, 1876. [9]
- M. l. roqueensis Bryk, 1953. [9]
- M. l. solaria Forbes, 1948. [9]
- M. l. utemaia Reakirt, 1866. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Peter Khramov, Galgo Dela. The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
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