Lysimnia Tigerwing

Mechanitis lysimnia · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Nymphalidae

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Lysimnia Tigerwing
Photo: alessandradalia, CC BY-SA

The Lysimnia tigerwing is a pale-green butterfly with yellow streaks. Adults sip nectar from Eupatorium flowers, while the gregarious larvae feed on Solanum and other nightshade family plants.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Pale green with yellow streaks.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Found in disturbed forest areas up to 1,500 m elevation.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

Adults feed on nectar of Eupatorium flowers. Larvae are gregarious and eat Solanum species and possibly other Solanaceae.

Source: Wikipedia

Life cycle

The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Occurs from southern Mexico through Central America to Uruguay.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Lysimnia Tigerwing photo 3
Photo: Carlos Otávio Gussoni, CC BY
Lysimnia Tigerwing photo 4
Photo: Helio Lourencini, CC BY

Same family (Nymphalidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanitis_lysimnia

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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