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''Mechanitis mazaeus'', the Mazaeus tigerwing, is a species of
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South America
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.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on '' Solanum'' 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 and Brazil)
*''M. m. pothetoide'' d'Almeida, 1951 (Brazil)
*''M. m. visenda'' Butler, 1877 (Brazil)
References
Butterflies described in 1860 Ithomiini Fauna of Brazil Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Danainae-stub