Melinaea
Genus of brush-footed butterflies
| Melinaea | |
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| M. lilis sola, Trinidad | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Ithomiini |
| Genus: | Melinaea Hübner, 1816 |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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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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Wikispecies has information related to Melinaea.
- ^ "Melinaea Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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