Melanis

Updated on Dec 27, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Riodinidae Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Riodininae

Similar Riodinini, Ithomeis, Chamaelimnas, Calephelis, Chalodeta

Melanis is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present in the Neotropical ecozone.

Species

Melanis aegates (Hewitson, 1874)

M. a. aegates present in Bolivia

M. a. albugo (Stichel, 1910) present in Paraguay

M. a. araguaya (Seitz, 1913) present in Brazil

M. a. cretiplaga (Stichel, 1910) present in Paraguay and Argentina

M. a. lilybaeus (Stichel, 1926) present in Brazil

M. a. limbata (Stichel, 1925) present in Brazil

M. a. melliplaga (Stichel, 1910) present in French Guiana and Suriname

Melanis alena (Hewitson, 1870) present in Brazil

Melanis boyi (Stichel, 1923) present in Brazil

Melanis cephise (Ménétriés, 1855)

M. c. cephise present in Nicaragua and Mexico

M. c. acroleuca (R. Felder, 1869) present in Mexico

M. c. huasteca J. & A. White, 1989 present in Mexico

Melanis cercopes (Hewitson, 1874) present in Bolivia

Melanis cinaron (C. & R. Felder, 1861) present in Colombia, Brazil and Peru

Melanis cratia (Hewitson, 1870)

Melanis electron (Fabricius, 1793)

M. e. electron present in French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela

M. e. auriferax (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil

M. e. epijarbas (Staudinger, 1888) present in Brazil

M. e. herellus (Snellen, 1887) present in Curaçao

M. e. melantho (Ménétriés, 1855) present in Panama, Guatemala and Nicaragua

M. e. pronostriga (Stichel, 1910) present in Colombia and Brazil

M. e. rabuscula (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil and Peru

Melanis herminae (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil

Melanis hillapana (Röber, 1904)

M. h. hillapana present in Bolivia and Peru

M. h. corinna (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil

M. h. cratippa (Seitz, 1913) present in Brazil

M. h. impura (Stichel, 1910)

Melanis hodia (Butler, 1870) present in Venezuela

Melanis leucophlegma (Stichel, 1910) present in Peru

Melanis lioba (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil

Melanis lycea Hübner, 1823 present in Brazil

Melanis marathon (C. & R. Felder, [1865])

M. m. marathon present in Venezuela and Colombia

M. m. assimulata (Stichel, 1910) present in Colombia

M. m. charon (Butler, 1874) present in Brazil

M. m. stenotaenia Röber, 1904 present in Peru

Melanis melandra Hübner, [1819] present in Suriname

Melanis melaniae (Stichel, 1930) present in Brazil

Melanis opites (Hewitson, 1875) present in Brazil

Melanis passiena (Hewitson, 1870) present in Colombia

Melanis pixe (Boisduval, [1836])

M. p. pixe present in the US at Texas and Mexico

M. p. corvina (Stichel, 1910) present in Colombia

M. p. sanguinea (Stichel, 1910) present in Panama and Costa Rica

Melanis seleukia (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil

Melanis smithiae (Westwood, 1851)

M. s. smithiae present in Bolivia and Brazil

M. s. xarifa (Hewitson, [1853]) present in Colombia and Venezuela

Melanis unxia (Hewitson, [1853]) present in Brazil

Melanis vidali (Dognin, 1891) present in Ecuador

Melanis volusia (Hewitson, [1853]) present in Brazil

Melanis xenia (Hewitson, [1853])

M. x. xenia present in Brazil

M. x. ambryllis (Hewitson, 1874) present in Paraguay and Bolivia

Melanis yeda (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil

Sources

Melanis sur funet

References

Melanis Wikipedia

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