Melinaea

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: Danainae
Tribus: Ithomiini
Subtribus: Melinaeina
Genus: Melinaea
Species: M. ethra – M. idae – M. isocomma – M. lilis – M. ludovica – M. marsaeus – M. menophilus – M. mnasias – M. mneme – M. mnemopsis – M. satevis
Name

Melinaea Hübner, 1816

Type species: Papilio egina Cramer, 1777
Synonyms

Melinaea Bates, 1862, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 23 (3): 549 (preocc. Hübner, 1816), TS Papilio egina Cramer 1777
Czakia Kremky, 1925, Ann. Zool. Mus. Polon. Hist. Nat. 4 (3): 192 TS Melinae mneme var. mediatrix Weymer

Melinaea ludovica ludovica

References

Hübner, 1816, Verz. Bek. Schmett. (1): 11
Gerardo Lamas, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist:Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea

Melinaea is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.
Species

Arranged alphabetically:[1]

Melinaea ethra (Godart, 1819)
Melinaea idae (Felder & Felder, 1862)
Melinaea isocomma Forbes, 1948
Melinaea lilis (Doubleday, 1847)
Melinaea ludovica (Cramer, [1780])
Melinaea marsaeus (Hewitson, 1860)
Melinaea menophilus (Hewitson, 1856) – Hewitson's tiger
Melinaea mnasias (Hewitson, 1856)
Melinaea mneme (Linnaeus, 1763)
Melinaea mnemopsis Berg, 1897
Melinaea satevis (Doubleday, 1847)

References

"Melinaea Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms