Mechanitis lysimnia
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Danainae
Tribus: Ithomiini
Subtribus: Mechanitina
Genus: Mechanitis
Species: Mechanitis lysimnia
Subspecies:
M. l. bipuncta –
M. l. elisa –
M. l. labotas –
M. l. limnaea –
M. l. lysimnia –
M. l. macrinus –
M. l. menecles –
M. l. nesaea –
M. l. ocona –
M. l. roqueensis –
M. l. solaria –
M. l. tapajona –
M. l. utemaia
Name
[edit]Mechanitis lysimnia (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonymy
[edit]- Papilio lysimnia Fabricius, 1793
- Heliconia lysimene Godart, 1819
- Heliconia ?aurea Moreira, 1881
- Heliconia narcea Moreira, 1881
- Mechanitis lysimnia ab. albescens Haensch, 1905
- Papilio castalia Larrañaga, 1923; (preoccupied by Fabricius, 1793)
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]Additional references
[edit]- Fox, R.M. 1967: A monograph of the Ithomiidae (Lepidoptera). Part III. The tribe Mechanitini Fox. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, (22): 152–172. Full article (PDF)Reference page.
- Lamas, G., 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea
- Mota, L.L., Rosa, A.H.B., Vasconcellos, L.R., Willmott, K.R. & Freitas, A.V.L. 2022. A new subspecies of Mechanitis lysimnia from southern Amazonia (Nymphalidae: Danainae: Ithomiini). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 32(1): 47-51. Reference page.