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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
DivisionDitrysia
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
FamilyPieridae
Duponchel, 1835
And Sulphurs, Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs
230
13433
Genera
Species
SubfamilyPierinae
Duponchel, 1835
And orangetips, Marbles, Marbles and Orangetips, Whites
86
8651
Genera
Species
TribePierini
Swainson, 1820
Albatrosses, Cabbage Whites, Checkered Whites
51
6623
Genera
Species
SubtribeAporiina
Chapman, 1895
18
3755
Genera
Species
GenusMelete
Swainson, 1831
158Species
Subnodes of Melete Swainson, 1831
SpeciesMelete aelia Felder, 1861
SpeciesMelete agrippina Hübner, 1820
SpeciesMelete alba Ribeiro, 1931
SpeciesMelete amarella Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete anceps Staudinger, 1876
SpeciesMelete asta Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete bianca Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete boliviana Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete caesarea Fruhstorfer, 1912  ⇒ Melete polyhymnia
SpeciesMelete calymnia C. & R. Felder, 1862
SpeciesMelete canoexalbidus Goeze, 1779
SpeciesMelete chagris Staudinger, 1876
SpeciesMelete chiricana Staudinger, 1876
SpeciesMelete cubana Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete daguana Fassl, 1915
SpeciesMelete daulia Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete discocellularis Strand, 1916
SpeciesMelete donata Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete ecuadorica Strand, 1916
SpeciesMelete eurymnia Felder, 1865
SpeciesMelete fiora Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete flavopunctata Apolinar, 1926
SpeciesMelete flippantha Fabricius, 1793
SpeciesMelete florinda Butler, 1875
4Subspecies
SpeciesMelete galatia Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete gargaphia Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete harti Butler, 1896
SpeciesMelete huebneri Butler, 1896
SpeciesMelete hypoxantha Röber, 1909
SpeciesMelete inaequalis A.G. Butler, 1896  ⇒ Melete leucanthe
SpeciesMelete inequalis Butler, 1896
SpeciesMelete iphigenia Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete isandra Boisduval, 1836
1Subspecies
SpeciesMelete kleta Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete laria Felder, 1865  ⇒ Melete leucadia
3Subspecies
SpeciesMelete latilimbata Butler, 1896
SpeciesMelete leucadia C. & R. Felder, 1862
4Subspecies
SpeciesMelete leucanthe C. & R. Felder, 1861
2Subspecies
SpeciesMelete leucoptera Apolinar, 1932
SpeciesMelete limnoria Godart, 1819
SpeciesMelete louisella Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete luisella H. Fruhstorfer, 1907  ⇒ Melete leucadia
SpeciesMelete lycimnia Cramer, 1777
Common Melwhite, Lycimnia White Flag, Primrose Flag
44Subspecies
SpeciesMelete lysimnia
1Subspecies
SpeciesMelete maeotis Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete marica Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete marmia Fruhstorfer, 1910
SpeciesMelete moesia Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete monica Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete montrosa Butler, 1875
SpeciesMelete myrtis Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete napona Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete narma
SpeciesMelete narmia
SpeciesMelete nigricosta Joicey & Rosenberg, 1915
SpeciesMelete othoca Fruhstorfer, 1910
SpeciesMelete palaestra Hopffer, 1874  ⇒ Melete calymnia
2Subspecies
SpeciesMelete panamensis Staudinger, 1876
SpeciesMelete pantoporia Hübner, 1835
SpeciesMelete paula Röber, 1909
SpeciesMelete paulista Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete pedrosina Butler, 1877
SpeciesMelete pertho Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete peruviana Lucas, 1852
5Subspecies
SpeciesMelete petronia Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete phaenna Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete phazania Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete pistoria Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete polyhymnia C. & R. Felder, 1865
9Subspecies
SpeciesMelete pseudomyrtis Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete radiata Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete regnidas Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete reyi Neild & Costa, 2017
SpeciesMelete salacia Godart, 1819
Black-striped White
3Subspecies
SpeciesMelete semiobscurata Weymer, 1914
SpeciesMelete subtuspicta Bryk, 1953
SpeciesMelete theodora Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete vecticlusa Butler, 1865
SpeciesMelete velia Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesMelete yolanda Fruhstorfer, 1907

Synonyms
Daptonoura (A.G. Butler, 1870)


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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