Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Tribus: Riodinini
Genus: Melanis
Species:
M. acroleuca –
M. aegates –
M. alena –
M. boyi –
M. caatingensis –
M. cephise –
M. cercopes –
M. cinaron –
M. cratia –
M. dulcis –
M. electron –
M. herminae –
M. hillapana –
M. hodia –
M. leucophlegma –
M. lioba –
M. lycea –
M. marathon –
M. melandra –
M. melaniae –
M. opites –
M. passiena –
M. pixe –
M. seleukia –
M. smithiae –
M. unxia –
M. vidali –
M. volusia –
M. xenia –
M. weissi –
M. yeda
Name
Type species: Melanis melandra Hübner, 1819: 25, replacement name for Papilio melander Stoll, 1780: 89, pl.336,B by selection of Scudder, 1875: 214.
Synonymy
- Limnas Boisduval, 1836: Pl.20 (4C), Fig.1, TS: Limnas pixe Boisduval, 1836 ibid.; preocc. Limnas Hübner, 1806.
- Lymnas Blanchard, 1840: 464.
- Oreas C. & R. Felder, 1865: 305, TS: Oreas marathon C. & R. Felder, 1865 ibid.: pl.38 figs 23,24; preocc. Hübner, 1807.
- Dryas C. & R. Felder, 1865: 305, TS: Dryas cinaron C. & R. Felder, 1865 ibid.: pl.38 figs 13,14; preocc. Hübner, 1807.
- Rusalkia Kirby, 1871: 306; replacement name for Oreas.
- Aculhua Kirby, 1871: 301; replacement name for Dryas.
References
- Blanchard, C.É. 1840. Histoire naturelle des insectes : Orthoptères, Névroptères, Hémiptères, Hyménoptères, Lépidoptères et Diptères, 672 pp. P. Duménil (Paris). BHL Reference page.
- Boisduval, J. B., 1836. In Roret, Suite à Buffon, Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères 1: xii+690pp., 24 pls. Paris. BHL text, plates. Reference page.
- Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Lepidoptera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. Text. Plates. Reference page.
- Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 2–11: 17–176. BHL Reference page.
- Kirby, W.F. 1871. A synonymic catalogue of the diurnal lepidoptera. Van Voorst, London, 8vo, 690pp. BHL. ibid. 1877 Supplement. BHL Reference page.
- Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. Proc. amer. Soc. Arts Sci. Boston 10: 91–293. BHL Reference page.
- Stoll, C. 1780–1790. In Cramer, P. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht. Part 4 + Suppl. Pt.4 [1780]: 29–90, pls 305–336; [1781]: 91–164, pls 337–372; [1782]: 165–252, pls 373–400; Suppl [1787]: 1–42, pls 1–8; [1790]: 43–184, pls 9–42. Reference page.