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    (c) Tom Benson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) alessandradalia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    (c) Tom Benson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) MJ Ramírez-Soria, all rights reserved

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    (c) Carlos Otávio Gussoni, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Guilherme A. Fischer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Lysimnia Tigerwing

Mechanitis lysimnia

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About

Mechanitis lysimnia, the confused tigerwing, sweet-oil tiger or lysimnia tigerwing, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. It is found in Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Uruguay. The habitat consists of disturbed forests at altitudes up to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft).

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