''Mechanitis menapis'', the Menapis tigerwing or variable 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 was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1856. It is found in

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

. The larvae feed on '' Solanum'' species, including '' S. hispidum'' and '' S. torvum''.

Subspecies

*''M. m. menapis'' (Colombia) *''M. m. caribensis'' Fox, 1967 (Venezuela) *''M. m. dariensis'' Brown, 1977 (Panama) *''M. m. doryssus'' Bates, 1864 (Guatemala, Mexico, Panama) *''M. m. mantineus'' Hewitson, 1869 (Ecuador: western Andes) *''M. m. occasiva'' Fox, 1967 (Colombia) *''M. m. saturata'' Godman, 1901 (Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica)

References

Ithomiini Butterflies of Central America Nymphalidae of South America Butterflies described in 1856 Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Danainae-stub