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Taxa in this genus:
* HYMENITIS Illiger 1807 - Junior objective synonym
MECHANITIS Fabricius 1807 - Valid Name
lysimnia Fabricius 1793 - Valid Name
* albescens Haensch 1905 - Junior subjective synonym
* blissi Fox 1942 - Junior subjective synonym
* connectens Collenette & Talbot 1929 - Junior subjective synonym
* lysimene Godart 1819 - Junior subjective synonym
* menecles Hewitson 1860 - Junior subjective synonym
* narcea Moreira 1881 - Junior subjective synonym
* nessaea Haensch 1905 - Junior subjective synonym
* numerianus Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865 - Junior subjective synonym
* ocona Druce 1876 - Junior subjective synonym
* roqueensis Bryk 1953 - Junior subjective synonym
* sulphurea May 1924 - Junior subjective synonym
* suphurescens Haensch 1905 - Junior subjective synonym
* vilcanota Röber 1904 - Junior subjective synonym
acreana d'Almeida 1950 - Valid Name
bipuncta Forbes 1948 - Valid Name
doryssus Bates 1864 - Valid Name
elisa Guérin-Méneville - Valid Name
labotas Distant 1876 - Valid Name
limnaea Forbes 1930 - Valid Name
macrinus Hewitson 1860 - Valid Name
* escalentei Hoffmann 1940 - Junior subjective synonym
neseaea Hübner 1820 - Valid Name
mazaeus Hewitson 1860 - Valid Name
* contracta Riley 1919 - Junior subjective synonym
* foxi d'Almeida 1951 - Junior subjective synonym
* holmgreni Bryk 1953 - Junior subjective synonym
* obscura Butler 1877 - Junior subjective synonym
* obumbrata d'Almeida 1951 - Junior subjective synonym
* phasianita Haensch 1905 - Junior subjective synonym
* septentrionalis Apolinar 1928 - Junior subjective synonym
* simplex Bryk 1953 - Junior subjective synonym
* williamsi Fox 1941 - Junior subjective synonym
ballucatus Fox 1967 - Valid Name
beebei Forbes 1948 - Valid Name
deceptus Butler 1873 - Valid Name
egaensis Bates 1862 - Valid Name
elevata Riley 1919 - Valid Name
fallax Butler 1873 - Valid Name
lanei Fox 1967 - Valid Name
lucifera Haensch 1905 - Valid Name
messenoides Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865 - Valid Name
nigroapicalis Haensch 1905 - Valid Name
pannifera Butler 1877 - Valid Name
* plagifera Staudinger 1885 - Junior subjective synonym
pothetoides d'Almeida 1951 - Valid Name
visenda Butler 1877 - Valid Name
menapis Hewitson 1855 - Valid Name
* franis Reakirt 1868 - Junior subjective synonym
* peruana Hopffer 1879 - Junior subjective synonym
caribensis Fox 1967 - Valid Name
dariensis Brown 1977 - Valid Name
mantineus Hewitson 1869 - Valid Name
occasiva Fox 1967 - Valid Name
saturata Godman 1901 - Valid Name
polymnia Linnaeus 1758 - Valid Name
* arcana Haensch 1909 - Junior subjective synonym
* caloifornica Reakirt 1865 - Junior subjective synonym
* extrema Hoffmann 1940 - Junior subjective synonym
* isthmicus Godman & Salvin 1879 - Junior subjective synonym
* mopsa Linnaeus 1764 - Junior subjective synonym
* mopsus Linnaeus 1758 - Junior subjective synonym
* ovata Distant 1876 - Junior subjective synonym
* plagigera Butler 1877 - Junior subjective synonym
* sancti-gabrielis Bryk 1953 - Junior subjective synonym
* travassosi d'Almeida 1951 - Junior subjective synonym
* utemaia Reakirt 1866 - Junior subjective synonym
angustifascia Talbot 1929 - Valid Name
apicenotata Zikán 1941 - Valid Name
bolivarensis Fox 1967 - Valid Name
casabranca Haensch 1905 - Valid Name
caucaensis Haensch 1909 - Valid Name
chimborazona Bates 1864 - Valid Name
doryssides Staudinger 1884 - Valid Name
eurydice Haensch 1905 - Valid Name
* argentea Prüffer 1922 - Junior subjective synonym
isthmia Bates 1863 - Valid Name
kayei Fox 1967 - Valid Name
lycidice Bates 1864 - Valid Name
* doryssa Boisduval 1870 - Junior subjective synonym
mauensis Forbes 1948 - Valid Name
proceriformis Bryk 1953 - Valid Name
solaria Forbes 1948 - Valid Name
veritabilis Butler 1873 - Valid Name
werneri Hering 1925 - Valid Name
Current Comb:
MECHANITIS polymnia
Linnaeus, 1758
Original Comb:
PAPILIO
Linnaeus, 1758
MS Comb:
Superfamily:
Papilionoidea
Family:
Nymphalidae
Subfamily:
Danainae
Tribe:
Ithomiini
Last updated by Justin Ollerenshaw - 10/05/2011
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Distribution
Original publication details:
Scientific Name of Taxon:
polymnia
Original Rank:
?
Current Status:
Valid Name
Current Rank:
SPECIES
Original Combination:
PAPILIO
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Linnaeus, 1758
Comments:
Original Description Reference:
Current valid name:
Current Valid Name:
MECHANITIS polymnia
Linnaeus, 1758
Comments:
Current Valid Name Reference:
No previously published combinations of this name have been recorded in this database.
The database contains no manuscript combinations for this taxon.
No lectotype or neotype designated.
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The database contains no additional references for this taxon.
Zoogeographic regions:
W Palaearctic
Afrotropical
New Zealand
E Palaearctic
Malagasy
Nearctic
Oriental
Australasian
Neotropical