Mechanitis

Mechanitis
Mechanitis
Mechanitis polymnia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Danainae
Tribe: Ithomiini
Genus: Mechanitis
Fabricius, 1807
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Nereis Hübner, [1806]
  • Hymenitis [Illiger], 1807
  • Epimetes Billberg, 1820


Mechanitis is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Fabricius in 1807. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

Species

Arranged alphabetically.[1]

  • Mechanitis lysimnia (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Mechanitis mazaeus Hewitson, 1860
  • Mechanitis menapis Hewitson, [1856]
  • Mechanitis polymnia (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

  1. ^ Mechanitis, funet.fi