Thomas Marent / Tigerwing butterfly (Mechanitis sp.), two chrysalis, Ithomiini, Santa Maria, Boyacá, Colombia

Sean Crane / Menapis Tigerwing (Mechanitis menapis) butterfly, Panama

Thomas Marent / Menapis Tigerwing (Mechanitis menapis) butterflies mating, Rio Claro Nature Reserve, Antioquia, Colombia

Pete Oxford / Menapis Tigerwing (Mechanitis menapis) butterfly, Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Christian Ziegler / Left to right, from top: Nymphalid Butterfly (Mechanitis sp), Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing (Mechanitis polymnia), Nymphalid Butterfly (Hyposcada sp), Tiger Heliconian (Heliconius ismenius), Nymphali...

Pete Oxford / Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing (Mechanitis polymnia), Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing (Mechanitis polymnia) caterpillar, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing (Mechanitis polymnia) chrysalis, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Thomas Marent / Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing (Mechanitis polymnia) caterpillars eating leaves, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing (Mechanitis polymnia) chrysalis pair, Colombia

Pete Oxford / Butterfly {Mechanitis sp} pupa or chrysalis, Amazon, Ecuador, South America