Taxonomy of Genus Melanitis Fabricius, 1807
Evening Browns
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 1891
142849
2048615 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 322
33641
568299 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 208
32654
567261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 197
32461
565431 | Families
Genera
Species | | Division | Ditrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers | 186
32290
560864 | Families
Genera
Species |
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 74
20388
404639 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 66
18154
371101 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 13
3266
144998 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Nymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies | 1533
72196 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Satyrinae
Boisduval, 1833
Brown Butterflies, Browns, Graylings, Heaths, Ringlets | 370
17636 | Genera
Species | | Tribe | Melanitini
Reuter, 1896
Evening browns | 6
299 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Melanitis
Fabricius, 1807
Evening Browns | 248 | Species |
Subnodes of Melanitis Fabricius, 1807 | Species | Melanitis abdullae Rothschild, 1920
| | | | Species | Melanitis aculeata Hampson, 1888
| | | | Species | Melanitis africana Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis amabilis Boisduval, 1832
Banded Evening Brown | 6 | Subspecies | | Species | Melanitis ambasara Moore, 1857
| | | | Species | Melanitis ampa Swinhoe, 1890
| | | | Species | Melanitis andamanica Evans, 1924
| | | | Species | Melanitis angulata Joicey & Noakes, 1915
| | | | Species | Melanitis anisakana Tytler, 1939
| | | | Species | Melanitis ansorgei Rothschild, 1904
Blue Evening Brown | | | | Species | Melanitis arcensia Cramer, 1782
| | | | Species | Melanitis asakurae Matsumura, 1919
| | | | Species | Melanitis aswa Moore, 1865
| | | | Species | Melanitis aswina Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis atrax C. Felder & R. Felder, 1863
| 10 | Subspecies | | Species | Melanitis auletes Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis autumnalis Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis bammakoo Westwood, 0
| | | | Species | Melanitis bankia Fabricius, 1775
| | | | Species | Melanitis banksia Linnaeus, 1758
| | | | Species | Melanitis barnardi Lucas, 1892 ⇒ Melanitis leda
| | | | Species | Melanitis batjana Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis bazilana Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis bela Moore, 1857
| | | | Species | Melanitis belinda Grose-Smith, 1908
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Melanitis bernardi Lucas, 1892
| | | | Species | Melanitis bethami de Nicéville, 1887
| | | | Species | Melanitis beza Hewitson, 1877
| | | | Species | Melanitis boisduvalia Felder, 1863
Boisduval´s Evening Brown | 5 | Subspecies | | Species | Melanitis bouruana Holland, 1900
| | | | Species | Melanitis buruana Fruhstorfer, 0
| | | | Species | Melanitis cajetana Semper, 1886
| | | | Species | Melanitis carales Fruhstorfer, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis celebicola Martin, 1929
| | | | Species | Melanitis clya Fruhstorfer, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis constantia Cramer, 1779
Constantia Evening Brown, Papuan Evening Brown | 4 | Subspecies | | Species | Melanitis cottonis Hewitson, 1874
| | | | Species | Melanitis crameri Butler, 1866
| | | | Species | Melanitis crimisa Fruhstorfer, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis cristobali Samson, 1980
| | | | Species | Melanitis cruentula Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis dampierensis Rothschild, 1915
| | | | Species | Melanitis decolorata Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis depicta Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis desperatat Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis despoliata Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis destitans Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis determinata Butler, 1885
| | | | Species | Melanitis dictatrix Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis dominans Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis druryodana Felder, 1867
| | | | Species | Melanitis dusara Horsfield, 1829
| | | | Species | Melanitis egialina Felder, 1863
| | | | Species | Melanitis enganica Fruhstorfer, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis erichsonia Felder, 1863
| | | | Species | Melanitis ernita Fruhstorfer, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis esaca Westwood, 1851 ⇒ Elymnias esaca
| | | | Species | Melanitis fulvescens Felder, 1867
| | | | Species | Melanitis fulvinotata Fruhstorfer, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis galkissa Fruhstorfer, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis ganapati Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis geluna Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis gigantea Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis gnophodes Butler, 1868
| | | | Species | Melanitis gokala Moore, 1857
| | | | Species | Melanitis grisescens Fruhstorfer, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis gylippa Swinhoe, 1893
| | | | Species | Melanitis helena Plötz, 1880
| | | | Species | Melanitis hopkinsi Riley, 1929
| | | | Species | Melanitis hylecoetes Holland, 1890
| | | | Species | Melanitis inoculata Rothschild, 1915 ⇒ Melanitis constantia
| | | | Species | Melanitis insulicola Rothschild, 1915
| | | | Species | Melanitis intermedia Rothschild, 1915 ⇒ Melanitis constantia
| | | | Species | Melanitis ismene Linnaeus, 1758 ⇒ Melanitis leda
Common evening brown | | | | Species | Melanitis ismenides Fruhstorfer, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis jobina Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis kajelana Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis kalinga Moore, 1893
| | | | Species | Melanitis kapaura Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis kapura Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis kiriwinae Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis lacrima Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis leda Linnaeus, 1758
Common evening brown, Common Evening-brown, Evening brown | 28 | Subspecies | | Species | Melanitis leucocyma Doubleday, 1844
| | | | Species | Melanitis levuna Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis libya Distant, 1882
Violet-eyed Evening Brown | | | | Species | Melanitis linga Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis liukiuana Swinhoe, 1915
| | | | Species | Melanitis lucillus Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis malelas Hewitson, 1863
| | | | Species | Melanitis masoura Hewitson, 1875
| | | | Species | Melanitis meforica Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis mehida Hewitson, 1863
| | | | Species | Melanitis melias Felder, 1863
| | | | Species | Melanitis microphthalma Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis miniscula Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis moluccarum Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis morosa Corbet, 1942
| | | | Species | Melanitis musckata Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis mycena Cramer, 1782
| | | | Species | Melanitis niasicus Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis niyaga Fruhstorfer, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis nuwara Fruhstorfer, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis nyassae Bartel, 1905
| | | | Species | Melanitis obiana Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis obsolescens Fruhstorfer, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis obsoleta Felder, 1867
| | | | Species | Melanitis offaka Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis oinoë
| | | | Species | Melanitis oinoe Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis ottensis Matsumura, 1919
| | | | Species | Melanitis palawanica Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis palliata Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis panvila Fruhstorfer, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis patna Westwood, 1851 ⇒ Elymnias patna
| | | | Species | Melanitis patra Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis penanga Westwood, 1851 ⇒ Elymnias penanga
| | | | Species | Melanitis phedima Cramer, 1780
Dark Evening Brown, Dark Evening Evening Brown | 18 | Subspecies | | Species | Melanitis pinheyi Van Son, 1962 ⇒ Melanitis libya
| | | | Species | Melanitis pitya Fruhstorfer, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis plagiata Aurivillius, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis polishana Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis pompeja Fruhstorfer, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis ponapensis Mathew, 0
| | | | Species | Melanitis pseudaswa Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis pyrrha Röber, 1887
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Melanitis ribbei Röber, 1886
| | | | Species | Melanitis rufinus Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis saipanensis Nakamura, 1929
| | | | Species | Melanitis salapia Fruhstorfer, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis salomonis Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis semifasciata Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis semioculata Rothschild, 1915 ⇒ Melanitis constantia
| | | | Species | Melanitis simessa Fruhstorfer, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis solandra Fabricius, 1775
| | | | Species | Melanitis stellaris Vollenhoven, 1861
| | | | Species | Melanitis sumati Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis sumatranus Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis sumbana Van Eecke, 1933
| | | | Species | Melanitis suradeva Moore, 1857 ⇒ Cyllogenes suradeva
| | | | Species | Melanitis suyudana Moore, 1857
| | | | Species | Melanitis taitensis Felder, 1862
| | | | Species | Melanitis tambra Moore, 1880
| | | | Species | Melanitis tristis Felder, 1867
| | | | Species | Melanitis vada Fruhstorfer, 1911
| | | | Species | Melanitis valentina Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis vamana Moore, 1857
| | | | Species | Melanitis varaha Moore, 1857
| | | | Species | Melanitis velutina Felder, 1867
| 4 | Subspecies | | Species | Melanitis violetta Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis xanthophthalmus Staudinger, 1889
| | | | Species | Melanitis zenon Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis zitenides Fruhstorfer, 1908
| | | | Species | Melanitis zitenius Herbst, 1796
Dark evening brown, Great Evening Brown | 14 | Subspecies |
Synonyms Native, vernacular names and spellings of Melanitis
Distribution of Melanitis Fabricius, 1807 Angola
| Armenia
| Australia
| Bangladesh
| Benin
| Bhutan
| Bolivia
1 Species | Botswana
| Brazil
3 Species | Burkina Faso
| Cambodia
| Cameroon
| Cape Verde
| Central African Republic
| Chad
| China
3 Species | Colombia
1 Species | Comoros
| Cook Islands
| Costa Rica
| Democratic Republic of the Congo
3 Species | East Timor
| El Salvador
| Equatorial Guinea
| Ethiopia
| Fiji
| France
| Gabon
| Gambia
| Germany
| Ghana
| Guinea
| Guinea-Bissau
| Honduras
| Hungary
| Iceland
| India
8 Species | Indonesia
16 Species | Italy
| Ivory Coast
| Japan
| Kenya
| Laos
| Lesotho
| Liberia
| Madagascar
| Malawi
| Malaysia
| Mali
| Mauritius
| Mexico
| Micronesia
| Mozambique
| Myanmar
| Namibia
| Nepal
| New Zealand
| Nicaragua
| Niger
| Nigeria
| Oman
| Pakistan
| Palau
| Papua New Guinea
| Peru
1 Species | Philippines
| Portugal
| Republic South Africa
| Rwanda
| Saint Lucia
| Samoa
| São Tomé and Príncipe
| Saudi Arabia
| Senegal
| Seychelles
| Sierra Leone
| Singapore
| Solomon Islands
| South Korea
| South Sudan
| Sri Lanka
| Sudan
| Switzerland
| Taiwan
| Tanzania
| Thailand
| Togo
| Tonga
| Uganda
| USA
2 Species | Vanuatu
| Vietnam
| Yemen
| Zambia
| Zimbabwe
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Distribution on islands Alor Archipelago, Langkawi, Obi Islands
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