page_title: Mechanitis mazaeus
section_title: Subspecies
hierarchical_section_title: Mechanitis mazaeus / Subspecies
caption_attribution_description: English: Plate: Mechanitis II Mechanitis maelus. Figs. 6 (var.), 9 (female). Accepted as Melinaea satevis (Doubleday, 1847). Mechanitis mænius. Fig. 7. Accepted as Melinaea menophilus (Hewitson, 1856). Mechanitis mazæus. Fig. 8. Accepted as Mechanitis mazaeus Hewitson, 1860. Mechanitis marsæus. Fig. 10. Accepted as Melinaea marsaeus (Hewitson, 1860).
context_page_description: Mechanitis mazaeus, the Mazaeus tigerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South America.
  The larvae have been recorded feeding on Solanum species, including S. subnerme.
context_section_description: M. m. mazaeus (Brazil)
  M. m. beebei Forbes, 1948 (Venezuela)
  M. m. egaensis Bates, 1862 (Brazil)
  M. m. deceptus Butler, 1873 (Ecuador and Peru)
  M. m. fallax Butler, 1873 (Colombia, Brazil and Peru)
  M. m. holmgreni Bryk, 1953 (Bolivia and Peru)
  M. m. lanei Fox, 1967 (Brazil)
  M. m. messenoides C. & R. Felder, 1865 (Colombia)
  M. m. pannifera Butler, 1877 (Surinam, the Guyanas and Brazil)
  M. m. pothetoide d'Almeida, 1951 (Brazil)
  M. m. visenda Butler, 1877 (Brazil)
caption: Top figure is M. mazaeus
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