''Melinaea menophilus'', the Hewitson's tiger or Hewitson's tiger-wing, 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 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 have a red ...

. It is found throughout the

Amazonian region The Amazon rainforest, Amazon jungle or ; es, Selva amazónica, , or usually ; french: Forêt amazonienne; nl, Amazoneregenwoud. In English, the names are sometimes capitalized further, as Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Forest, or Amazon Jungle. ...

.''Melinaea menophilus''
Butterflies of Amazonia The

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is 70–80 mm.

Subspecies

*''Melinaea menophilus cocana'' Haensch, 1903 (Ecuador) *''Melinaea menophilus ernestoi'' Brown, 1977 (Colombia) *''Melinaea menophilus hicetas'' Godman & Salvin, 1879 (Colombia, Peru) *''Melinaea menophilus maenius'' (Hewitson, 1860) (Brazil (Amazonas)) *''Melinaea menophilus mediatrix'' Weymer, 1891 (Guianas, northern Brazil) *''Melinaea menophilus menophilus'' (Colombia) *''Melinaea menophilus orestes'' Salvin, 1871 (Peru) *''Melinaea menophilus zaneka'' Butler, 1870 (Ecuador) File:Melinea menophilus.png, Dorsal, Ecuador File:Melinea menophilus1.png, Ventral, Ecuador

References

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