Melinaea
Sign in to saveMelinaea is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyNymphalidae
Observations370
Groupinsecta
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Melinaea is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.
==Species== Arranged alphabetically: 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)