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Mechanitis
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Mechanitis

Mechanitis is a genus of tigerwing (Ithomiini) butterflies, named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1807. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. It has gained fame due to the metallic appearance of the chrysalis in certain phenotypes.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Polymnia Tigerwing

speciesMechanitis polymnia

Lysimnia Tigerwing

speciesMechanitis lysimnia

Menapis Tigerwing

speciesMechanitis menapis

Mechanitis messenoides

speciesMechanitis messenoides

Mechanitis mazaeus

speciesMechanitis mazaeus

Mechanitis holmgreni

speciesMechanitis holmgreni

Mechanitis visenda

speciesMechanitis visenda

Mechanitis franis

speciesMechanitis franis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 81743.