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