Biology:Melanis

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Melanis
M. aegates the Pantanal, Brazil
Melanis plate from Adalbert Seitz's 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 realm.

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

External links

• tableau des Melanis sur butterflies of america
• Melanis dans Melanis smithiae de learn about butterflies
• TOL

Wikidata ☰ Q1759647 entry