Mechanitis polymnia
# Mechanitis polymnia

Mechanitis polymnia, the orange-spotted tiger clearwing or disturbed tigerwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to the Amazon rainforest. The wingspan is 65–75 mm (2.6–3.0 in). The larvae feed on Solanum species.

## Subspecies

* M. p. polymnia (Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil)
* M. p. isthmia Bates, 1863 (Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica)
* M. p. chimborazona Bates, 1864 (Ecuador)
* M. p. lycidice Bates, 1864 (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras)
* M. p. veritabilis Butler, 1873 (Colombia, Venezuela)
* M. p. dorissides Staudinger, [1884] (Peru)
* M. p. casabranca Haensch, 1905 (Brazil (Minas Gerais))
* M. p. eurydice Haensch, 1905 (Peru)
* M. p. caucaensis Haensch, 1909 (Colombia)
* M. p. werneri Hering, 1925 (Colombia)
* M. p. angustifascia Talbot, 1928 (Peru, Brazil)
* M. p. apicenotata Zikán, 1941 (Brazil (Amazonas))
* M. p. mauensis Forbes, 1948 (Brazil (Pará))
* M. p. proceriformis Bryk, 1953 (Peru)
* M. p. bolivarensis Fox, 1967 (Venezuela)
* M. p. kayei Fox, 1967 (Trinidad)
* Eggs of M. polymnia
* Chrysalis of M. polymnia
* Living specimen
* M. p. isthmia
* M. p. polymnia - dorsal side
* M. p. polymnia - ventral side
