Biology:Melete (butterfly)
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Short description: Butterfly genus in family Pieridae
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| Melete leucadia - Muséum de Toulouse | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Tribe: | Pierini |
| Genus: | Melete Swainson, 1831 |
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Melete is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. The genus was erected by William John Swainson in 1831.[1][2][3]
Species
- Melete calymnia (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)
- Melete leucadia (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)
- Melete leucanthe (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861)
- Melete lycimnia (Cramer, 1777)
- Melete polyhymnia (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)
- Melete salacia (Godart, 1819)
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku (May 31, 2018). "Melete Swainson, 1831". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/pieridae/pierinae/melete/. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Melete". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=178750.
- ↑ Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Melete Swainson, 1831". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=17486.0. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
Wikidata ☰ Q1755671 entry
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