Taxonomy of Genus Melete Swainson, 1831
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 | Pieridae
Duponchel, 1835
And Sulphurs, Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs | 230
13433 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Pierinae
Duponchel, 1835
And orangetips, Marbles, Marbles and Orangetips, Whites | 86
8651 | Genera
Species | | Tribe | Pierini
Swainson, 1820
Albatrosses, Cabbage Whites, Checkered Whites | 51
6623 | Genera
Species | | Subtribe | Aporiina
Chapman, 1895
| 18
3755 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Melete
Swainson, 1831
| 158 | Species |
Subnodes of Melete Swainson, 1831 | Species | Melete aelia Felder, 1861
| | | | Species | Melete agrippina Hübner, 1820
| | | | Species | Melete alba Ribeiro, 1931
| | | | Species | Melete amarella Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete anceps Staudinger, 1876
| | | | Species | Melete asta Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete bianca Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete boliviana Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete caesarea Fruhstorfer, 1912 ⇒ Melete polyhymnia
| | | | Species | Melete calymnia C. & R. Felder, 1862
| | | | Species | Melete canoexalbidus Goeze, 1779
| | | | Species | Melete chagris Staudinger, 1876
| | | | Species | Melete chiricana Staudinger, 1876
| | | | Species | Melete cubana Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete daguana Fassl, 1915
| | | | Species | Melete daulia Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete discocellularis Strand, 1916
| | | | Species | Melete donata Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete ecuadorica Strand, 1916
| | | | Species | Melete eurymnia Felder, 1865
| | | | Species | Melete fiora Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete flavopunctata Apolinar, 1926
| | | | Species | Melete flippantha Fabricius, 1793
| | | | Species | Melete florinda Butler, 1875
| 4 | Subspecies | | Species | Melete galatia Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete gargaphia Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete harti Butler, 1896
| | | | Species | Melete huebneri Butler, 1896
| | | | Species | Melete hypoxantha Röber, 1909
| | | | Species | Melete inaequalis A.G. Butler, 1896 ⇒ Melete leucanthe
| | | | Species | Melete inequalis Butler, 1896
| | | | Species | Melete iphigenia Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete isandra Boisduval, 1836
| 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Melete kleta Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete laria Felder, 1865 ⇒ Melete leucadia
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Melete latilimbata Butler, 1896
| | | | Species | Melete leucadia C. & R. Felder, 1862
| 4 | Subspecies | | Species | Melete leucanthe C. & R. Felder, 1861
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Melete leucoptera Apolinar, 1932
| | | | Species | Melete limnoria Godart, 1819
| | | | Species | Melete louisella Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete luisella H. Fruhstorfer, 1907 ⇒ Melete leucadia
| | | | Species | Melete lycimnia Cramer, 1777
Common Melwhite, Lycimnia White Flag, Primrose Flag | 44 | Subspecies | | Species | Melete lysimnia
| 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Melete maeotis Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete marica Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete marmia Fruhstorfer, 1910
| | | | Species | Melete moesia Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete monica Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete montrosa Butler, 1875
| | | | Species | Melete myrtis Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete napona Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete narma
| | | | Species | Melete narmia
| | | | Species | Melete nigricosta Joicey & Rosenberg, 1915
| | | | Species | Melete othoca Fruhstorfer, 1910
| | | | Species | Melete palaestra Hopffer, 1874 ⇒ Melete calymnia
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Melete panamensis Staudinger, 1876
| | | | Species | Melete pantoporia Hübner, 1835
| | | | Species | Melete paula Röber, 1909
| | | | Species | Melete paulista Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete pedrosina Butler, 1877
| | | | Species | Melete pertho Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete peruviana Lucas, 1852
| 5 | Subspecies | | Species | Melete petronia Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete phaenna Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete phazania Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete pistoria Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete polyhymnia C. & R. Felder, 1865
| 9 | Subspecies | | Species | Melete pseudomyrtis Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete radiata Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete regnidas Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete reyi Neild & Costa, 2017
| | | | Species | Melete salacia Godart, 1819
Black-striped White | 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Melete semiobscurata Weymer, 1914
| | | | Species | Melete subtuspicta Bryk, 1953
| | | | Species | Melete theodora Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete vecticlusa Butler, 1865
| | | | Species | Melete velia Fruhstorfer, 1907
| | | | Species | Melete yolanda Fruhstorfer, 1907
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Synonyms
Distribution of Melete Swainson, 1831 Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Republic South Africa, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam
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