''Mechanitis polymnia'', the orange-spotted tiger clearwing or disturbed tigerwing,
[Glassberg, Jeffrey (2007). ''A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America.'' Sunstreak Books Inc. . p.145.] is a
butterfly
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of the family
Nymphalidae. It is found from
Mexico
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to the
Amazon rainforest
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. The
wingspan
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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, 884
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Events
By place Europe
* March 1 – Diego Rodríguez Porcelos, count of Castile, founds and repo ...
/small> (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)
File:Mechanitis polymnia(ovos).jpg, Eggs of ''M. polymnia''
File:Mechanitis Polymnia Chrysalis.jpg, Chrysalis
A pupa ( la, pupa, "doll"; plural: ''pupae'') is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages. Insects that go through a pupal stage are holometabolous: they go through four distinct stages in their ...
of ''M. polymnia''
Mechanitis polymnia f.jpg, Living specimen
Mechanitis polymnia.JPG, ''M. p. isthmia''
Mechanitis polymnia polymnia MHNT dos.jpg, ''M. p. polymnia'' - dorsal side
Mechanitis polymnia polymnia MHNT ventre.jpg, ''M. p. polymnia'' - ventral side
References
External links
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Larvae and pupa
Butterflies described in 1758
Fauna of Brazil
Nymphalidae of South America
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Ithomiini
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