Melanitis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Melanitini
Genus: Melanitis
Species: M. amabilis – M. ansorgei – M. atrax - M. belinda – M. boisduvalia – M. constantia – M. leda – M. libya – M. nigrimaculata – M. phedima – M. pyrrha – M. velutina – M. zitenius

References

Schröder, H.G. & C.G. Treadaway, 2000: Three new taxa of the Philippine satyrine species Melanitis atrax Felder & Felder (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae : Satyrinae). Futao 33: 2–9.

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

"Melanitis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms