Melinaea

Melinaea
M. lilis sola, Trinidad
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Ithomiini
Genus:	Melinaea Hübner, 1816
Species
See text
Synonyms
Melinaea Bates, 1862 Czakia Kremky, 1925

Melinaea is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

Species

Arranged alphabetically:[1]

• 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)

References

1. "Melinaea Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms