Mechanitis lysimnia elisa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Danainae
Tribus: Ithomiini
Subtribus: Mechanitina
Genus: Mechanitis
Species: Mechanitis lysimnia
Subspecies: Mechanitis lysimnia elisa

Name

Mechanitis lysimnia elisa (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])

Type locality: Bolivia.

Lectotype: MNHN. female ♀. (Lectotype designated by Fox, 1967: 123).

Synonyms

• Heliconia elisa Guérin-Méneville, [1844]
• Mechanitis elisa Guérin-Méneville, [1844] (comb. nov. by Kirby, 1871: 641.
• Mechanitis elisa connectens Talbot, 1928
  • Type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Kio Serregem.
  • Holotype: BMNH. Unknown. BM no. 18431.

References

• Fox, R.M. 1967: A monograph of the Ithomiidae (Lepidoptera). Part III. The tribe Mechanitini Fox. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, (22): 152–172. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Lamas, G., 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea