Mechanitis polymnia, the orange-spotted tiger clearwing or disturbed tigerwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to the Amazon rainforest. The wingspan is . The larvae feed on Solanum species.
Subspecies
- M. p. polymnia (Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil)
- M. p. isthmia <small>Bates, 1863</small> (Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica)
- M. p. chimborazona <small>Bates, 1864</small> (Ecuador)
- M. p. lycidice <small>Bates, 1864</small> (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras)
- M. p. veritabilis <small>Butler, 1873</small> (Colombia, Venezuela)
- M. p. dorissides <small>Staudinger, [1884]</small> (Peru)
- M. p. casabranca <small>Haensch, 1905</small> (Brazil (Minas Gerais))
- M. p. eurydice <small>Haensch, 1905</small> (Peru)
- M. p. caucaensis <small>Haensch, 1909</small> (Colombia)
- M. p. werneri <small>Hering, 1925</small> (Colombia)
- M. p. angustifascia <small>Talbot, 1928</small> (Peru, Brazil)
- M. p. apicenotata <small>Zikán, 1941</small> (Brazil (Amazonas))
- M. p. mauensis <small>Forbes, 1948</small> (Brazil (Pará))
- M. p. proceriformis <small>Bryk, 1953</small> (Peru)
- M. p. bolivarensis <small>Fox, 1967</small> (Venezuela)
- M. p. kayei <small>Fox, 1967</small> (Trinidad)
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