Mellicta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Nymphalinae
Tribus: Melitaeini
Subtribus: Melitaeina
Genus: Mellicta
Species: M. alatauica – M. ambigua – M. asteria – M. athalia – M. aurelia – M. britomartis – M. caucasogenita – M. centralasiae – M. deione – M. distans – M. elenae – M. menetriesi – M. nevadensis – M. parthenoides – M. plotina – M. rebeli – M. rhea – M. varia – M. westsibirica
Name

Mellicta Billberg, 1820

Type species: Papilio athalia Rottemburg, 1775
References
Primary references
Additional references

Kovalenko, M.G., Kolesnichenko, K.A. & Kudryavtseva, A.A. 2020. Revealing the specific status of Mellicta distans Higgins, 1955, stat. n. (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) with morphological and molecular characters. Zootaxa 4853(3): 353–368. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4853.3.2. Paywall. Reference page.