Melinaea is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.
Melinaea | |
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M. lilis sola, Trinidad | |
Scientific classification | |
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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Species
editArranged 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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- ^ "Melinaea Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms