Melanis


Melanis is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present in the Neotropical realm.

Species

  • Melanis aegates
  • *M. a. aegates present in Bolivia
  • *M. a. albugo present in Paraguay
  • *M. a. araguaya present in Brazil
  • *M. a. cretiplaga present in Paraguay and Argentina
  • *M. a. lilybaeus present in Brazil
  • *M. a. limbata present in Brazil
  • *M. a. melliplaga present in French Guiana and Suriname
  • Melanis alena present in Brazil
  • Melanis boyi present in Brazil
  • Melanis cephise
  • *M. c. cephise present in Nicaragua and Mexico
  • *M. c. acroleuca present in Mexico
  • *M. c. huasteca J. & A. White, 1989 present in Mexico
  • Melanis cercopes present in Bolivia
  • Melanis cinaron present in Colombia, Brazil and Peru
  • Melanis cratia
  • Melanis electron
  • *M. e. electron present in French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela
  • *M. e. auriferax present in Brazil
  • *M. e. epijarbas present in Brazil
  • *M. e. herellus present in Curaçao
  • *M. e. melantho present in Panama, Guatemala and Nicaragua
  • *M. e. pronostriga present in Colombia and Brazil
  • *M. e. rabuscula present in Brazil and Peru
  • Melanis herminae present in Brazil
  • Melanis hillapana
  • *M. h. hillapana present in Bolivia and Peru
  • *M. h. corinna present in Brazil
  • *M. h. cratippa present in Brazil
  • *M. h. impura
  • Melanis hodia present in Venezuela
  • Melanis leucophlegma present in Peru
  • Melanis lioba present in Brazil
  • Melanis lycea Hübner, 1823 present in Brazil
  • Melanis marathon
  • *M. m. marathon present in Venezuela and Colombia
  • *M. m. assimulata present in Colombia
  • *M. m. charon present in Brazil
  • *M. m. stenotaenia Röber, 1904 present in Peru
  • Melanis melandra Hübner, present in Suriname
  • Melanis melaniae present in Brazil
  • Melanis opites present in Brazil
  • Melanis passiena present in Colombia
  • Melanis pixe
  • *M. p. pixe present in the US at Texas and Mexico
  • *M. p. corvina present in Colombia
  • *M. p. sanguinea present in Panama and Costa Rica
  • Melanis seleukia present in Brazil
  • Melanis smithiae
  • *M. s. smithiae present in Bolivia and Brazil
  • *M. s. xarifa present in Colombia and Venezuela
  • Melanis unxia present in Brazil
  • Melanis vidali present in Ecuador
  • Melanis volusia present in Brazil
  • Melanis xenia
  • *M. x. xenia present in Brazil
  • *M. x. ambryllis present in Paraguay and Bolivia
  • Melanis yeda present in Brazil