Mechanitis mazaeus fallax

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 mazaeus
Subspecies: Mechanitis mazaeus fallax

Name

Mechanitis mazaeus fallax Butler, 1873

Type locality: Colombia, Bogotá.

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀. BM no. 7056.

Synonyms

• Mechanitis fallax Butler, 1873
• Mechanitis polymnia var. plagifera Staudinger, 1885 in Staudinger & Schatz
• Mechanitis mazaeus ab. phasianita Haensch, 1905
• Mechanitis mazaeus ab. lucifera Haensch, 1905
• Mechanitis visenda elevata Riley, 1919
• Mechanitis egaensis septentrionalis Apolinar, 1928
• Mechanitis mazaeus williamsi Fox, 1941

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