Melanitis
| Melanitis | |
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| Melanitis leda | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
| Tribe: | Melanitini |
| Genus: | Melanitis Fabricius, 1807 |
| Diversity | |
| 12 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Melanitis is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.
Species
- Melanitis amabilis (Boisduval, 1832)
- Melanitis ansorgei Rothschild, 1904 – Blue Evening Brown
- Melanitis atrax C. & R. Felder, 1863
- Melanitis belinda Grose-Smith, 1895
- Melanitis boisduvalia C. & R. Felder, 1863
- Melanitis constantia (Cramer, [1777])
- Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Evening Brown
- Melanitis libya Distant, 1882 – Violet-eyed Evening Brown
- Melanitis phedima (Cramer, [1780]) – Dark Evening Brown
- Melanitis pyrrha Röber, 1887
- Melanitis velutina (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
- Melanitis zitenius (Herbst, 1796) – Great Evening Brown
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