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''Mechanitis mazaeus'', the Mazaeus tigerwing, is a species of
butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
of the family Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...
. It is found in South America
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.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Solanum
''Solanum'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, which include three food crops of high economic importance: the potato, the tomato and the eggplant (aubergine, brinjal). It is the largest genus in the nightshade family Solana ...
'' species, including '' S. subnerme''.
Subspecies
*''M. m. mazaeus'' (Brazil
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)
*''M. m. beebei'' Forbes, 1948 (Venezuela
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)
*''M. m. egaensis'' Bates, 1862 (Brazil)
*''M. m. deceptus'' Butler, 1873 (Ecuador
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and Peru
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)
*''M. m. fallax'' Butler, 1873 (Colombia
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, Brazil and Peru)
*''M. m. holmgreni'' Bryk, 1953 (Bolivia
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and Peru)
*''M. m. lanei'' Fox, 1967 (Brazil)
*''M. m. messenoides'' C. & R. Felder, 1865 (Colombia)
*''M. m. pannifera'' Butler, 1877 (Suriname
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, the Guyanas
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and Brazil)
*''M. m. pothetoide'' d'Almeida, 1951 (Brazil)
*''M. m. visenda'' Butler, 1877 (Brazil)
References
Butterflies described in 1860 Ithomiini Lepidoptera of Brazil Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson Lepidoptera of Venezuela Lepidoptera of Ecuador Lepidoptera of Peru Lepidoptera of Colombia Lepidoptera of Bolivia Lepidoptera of Guyana {{Danainae-stub