Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies Mechanitis I, William Chapman Hewitson, 1856

Plate: mechanitis i mechanitis menapis. Fig. 1. Accepted as mechanitis menapis hewitson, 1856. Mechanitis menophilus. Figs. 2, 3 (female & male, but text states these are varieties, not sex-linked colouring). Accepted as melinaea menophilus (hewitson, 1856). Mechanitis messatis. Fig. 4. Accepted as melinaea lilis (doubleday, 1847). Mechanitis mnasias. Fig. 5. Accepted as melinaea mnasias (hewitson, 1856). Date: 1856.