Melanis

Melanis

M. aegates The Pantanal, Brazil

Melanis plate from Adalbert Seitz ed. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Riodininae
Genus:	Melanis Hübner, 1819
Synonyms
Limnas Boisduval, 1836 Lymnas Blanchard, 1840 Oreas C. & R. Felder, [1865] Dryas C. & R. Felder, [1865] Rusalkia Kirby, 1871 Aculhua Kirby, 1871

M. pixe
Red-bordered Pixie

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

Species

Melanis aegates (Hewitson, 1874)
- Melanis aegates aegates present in Bolivia
- Melanis aegates albugo (Stichel, 1910) present in Paraguay
- Melanis aegates araguaya (Seitz, 1913) present in Brazil
- Melanis aegates cretiplaga (Stichel, 1910) present in Paraguay and Argentina
- Melanis aegates lilybaeus (Stichel, 1926) present in Brazil
- Melanis aegates limbata (Stichel, 1925) present in Brazil
- Melanis aegates melliplaga (Stichel, 1910) present in French Guiana and Surinam
Melanis alena (Hewitson, 1870) present in Brazil
Melanis boyi (Stichel, 1923) present in Brazil
Melanis cephise (Ménétriés, 1855)
- Melanis cephise cephise present in Nicaragua and Mexico
- Melanis cephise acroleuca (R. Felder, 1869) present in Mexico
- Melanis cephise 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)
- Melanis electron electron present in French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela
- Melanis electron auriferax (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil
- Melanis electron epijarbas (Staudinger, 1888) present in Brazil
- Melanis electron herellus (Snellen, 1887) present in Curaçao
- Melanis electron melantho (Ménétriés, 1855) present in Panama, Guatemala and Nicaragua
- Melanis electron pronostriga (Stichel, 1910) present in Colombia and Brazil
- Melanis electron rabuscula (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil and Peru
Melanis herminae (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil
Melanis hillapana (Röber, 1904)
- Melanis hillapana hillapana present in Bolivia and Peru
- Melanis hillapana corinna (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil
- Melanis hillapana cratippa (Seitz, 1913) present in Brazil
- Melanis hillapana 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])
- Melanis marathon marathon present in Venezuela and Colombia
- Melanis marathon assimulata (Stichel, 1910) present in Colombia
- Melanis marathon charon (Butler, 1874) present in Brazil
- Melanis marathon stenotaenia Röber, 1904 present in Peru
Melanis melandra Hübner, [1819] present in Surinam
Melanis melaniae (Stichel, 1930) present in Brazil
Melanis opites (Hewitson, 1875) present in Brasil
Melanis passiena (Hewitson, 1870) present in Colombia
Melanis pixe (Boisduval, [1836])
- Melanis pixe pixe present in USA at Texas and Mexico
- Melanis pixe corvina (Stichel, 1910) present in Colombia
- Melanis pixe sanguinea (Stichel, 1910) present in Panama and Costa Rica
Melanis seleukia (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil
Melanis smithiae (Westwood, 1851)
- Melanis smithiae smithiae present in Bolivia and Brazil
- Melanis smithiae 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])
- Melanis xenia xenia present in Brazil
- Melanis xenia ambryllis (Hewitson, 1874) present in Paraguay and Bolivia
Melanis yeda (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil

Source

Melanis sur funet

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