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Species of butterfly
| Mazaeus tigerwing
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| M. m. messenoides
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Lepidoptera
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| Family:
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Nymphalidae
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| Genus:
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Mechanitis
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| Species:
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M. mazaeus
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| Binomial name
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Mechanitis mazaeus
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| Synonyms
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- Mechanitis mazaeus ab. nigroapicalis Haensch, 1905
- Mechanitis foxi d'Almeida, 1951
- Mechanitis polymnia var. egaensis Bates, 1862
- Mechanitis obscura Butler, 1877
- Mechanitis egaensis contracta Riley, 1919
- Mechanitis egaensis obumbrata d'Almeida, 1951
- Mechanitis messenoides C. & R. Felder, 1865
- Mechanitis deceptus Butler, 1873
- Mechanitis mazaeus simplex Bryk, 1953
- Mechanitis fallax Butler, 1873
- Mechanitis polymnia var. plagifera Staudinger, 1885
- Mechanitis mazaeus ab. phasianita Haensch, 1905
- Mechanitis mazaeus ab. lucifera Haensch, 1905
- Mechanitis visenda elevata Riley, 1919
- Mechanitis lorigae Fernández, 1928
- Mechanitis egaensis septentrionalis Apolinar, 1928
- Mechanitis mazaeus williamsi Fox, 1941
- Mechanitis pannifera Butler, 1877
- Mechanitis visenda Butler, 1877
- Mechanitis messenoides ballucatus Fox, 1967
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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.
Subspecies
- 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 (Suriname, the Guyanas and Brazil)
- M. m. pothetoide d'Almeida, 1951 (Brazil)
- M. m. visenda Butler, 1877 (Brazil)
 Top figure is M. mazaeus
References
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