Melinaea

Melinaea
M. lilis sola, Trinidad
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Ithomiini
Genus:
Hübner, 1816
Species

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Synonyms
  • Melinaea Bates, 1862
  • Czakia Kremky, 1925

Melinaea is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

Species

Arranged alphabetically:[1]

  • Melinaea ethra (Godart, 1819)
  • Melinaea idae (Felder & Felder, 1862)
  • Melinaea isocomma Forbes, 1948
  • Melinaea lilis (Doubleday, 1847)
  • Melinaea ludovica (Cramer, [1780])
  • Melinaea marsaeus (Hewitson, 1860)
  • Melinaea menophilus (Hewitson, 1856) – Hewitson's tiger
  • Melinaea mnasias (Hewitson, 1856)
  • Melinaea mneme (Linnaeus, 1763)
  • Melinaea mnemopsis Berg, 1897
  • Melinaea satevis (Doubleday, 1847)

References

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  1. ^ "Melinaea Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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