Biology:Melanitis

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Melanitis
Common Evening Brown (Melanitis leda) in Kawal, AP W IMG 1932.jpg
Melanitis leda
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Melanitini
Genus: Melanitis
Fabricius, 1807
Diversity
12 species
Synonyms
  • Hipio Hübner, 1819
  • Cyllo Boisduval, 1832

Melanitis is a genus of butterflies 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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q646461 entry