Melanis

thumb|Melanis pixe|M. pixe (red-bordered pixie) Melanis is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present in the Neotropical realm.

== Species == Melanis aegates (Hewitson, 1874) M. a. aegates present in Bolivia M. a. albugo (Stichel, 1910) present in Paraguay M. a. araguaya (Seitz, 1913) present in Brazil M. a. cretiplaga (Stichel, 1910) present in Paraguay and Argentina M. a. lilybaeus (Stichel, 1926) present in Brazil M. a. limbata (Stichel, 1925) present in Brazil M. a. melliplaga (Stichel, 1910) present in French Guiana and Suriname Melanis alena (Hewitson, 1870) present in Brazil Melanis boyi (Stichel, 1923) present in Brazil Melanis cephise (Ménétriés, 1855) M. c. cephise present in Nicaragua and Mexico M. c. acroleuca (R. Felder, 1869) present in Mexico M. c. huasteca J. & A. White, 1989 present in Mexico Melanis cercopes (Hewitson, 1874) present in Bolivia Melanis cinaron (C. & R. Felder, 1861) present in Colombia, Brazil and Peru Melanis cratia (Hewitson, 1870) Melanis electron (Fabricius, 1793) M. e. electron present in French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela M. e. auriferax (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil M. e. epijarbas (Staudinger, 1888) present in Brazil M. e. herellus (Snellen, 1887) present in Curaçao M. e. melantho (Ménétriés, 1855) present in Panama, Guatemala and Nicaragua M. e. pronostriga (Stichel, 1910) present in Colombia and Brazil M. e. rabuscula (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil and Peru Melanis herminae (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil Melanis hillapana (Röber, 1904) M. h. hillapana present in Bolivia and Peru M. h. corinna (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil M. h. cratippa (Seitz, 1913) present in Brazil M. h. impura (Stichel, 1910) Melanis hodia (Butler, 1870) present in Venezuela Melanis leucophlegma (Stichel, 1910) present in Peru Melanis lioba (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil Melanis lycea Hübner, 1823 present in Brazil Melanis marathon (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) M. m. marathon present in Venezuela and Colombia M. m. assimulata (Stichel, 1910) present in Colombia M. m. charon (Butler, 1874) present in Brazil M. m. stenotaenia Röber, 1904 present in Peru Melanis melandra Hübner, [1819] present in Suriname Melanis melaniae (Stichel, 1930) present in Brazil Melanis opites (Hewitson, 1875) present in Brazil Melanis passiena (Hewitson, 1870) present in Colombia Melanis pixe (Boisduval, [1836]) M. p. pixe present in the US at Texas and Mexico M. p. corvina (Stichel, 1910) present in Colombia M. p. sanguinea (Stichel, 1910) present in Panama and Costa Rica Melanis seleukia (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil Melanis smithiae (Westwood, 1851) M. s. smithiae present in Bolivia and Brazil M. s. xarifa (Hewitson, [1853]) present in Colombia and Venezuela Melanis unxia (Hewitson, [1853]) present in Brazil Melanis vidali (Dognin, 1891) present in Ecuador Melanis volusia (Hewitson, [1853]) present in Brazil Melanis xenia (Hewitson, [1853]) M. x. xenia present in Brazil M. x. ambryllis (Hewitson, 1874) present in Paraguay and Bolivia Melanis yeda (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil