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Checklist of Tribe Melitaeini Newman, 1870 (Checkerspots and Allies)
for Asia (Eurasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1422
46785
383423
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1416
46713
383230
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1294
45948
379619
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
722
33606
307348
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
112
9335
62098
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
107
9299
62007
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
101
9257
61694
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
38
6029
40838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
31
5356
35725
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
8
1091
10344
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies
487
4364
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyNymphalinae
Swainson, 1827
Admirals, And peacocks, Anglewings, Brushfoots, Crescents
42
463
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMelitaeini
Newman, 1870
Checkerspots and Allies
8
153
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Asia
8 Genera with 153 Species
Chlosyne Butler, 1847Checkerspots5SpeciesTaxom
Eresia Boisduval, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Euphydryas Scudder, 1926Checkerspots21SpeciesTaxom
Melitaea Fabricius, 1886Small Fritillaries178SpeciesTaxom
Mellicta Fabricius, 193023SpeciesTaxom
Microtia H. Bates, 1864Tiny Checkerspots1SpeciesTaxom
Phyciodes Hübner, 1773Crescents4SpeciesTaxom
Telenassa Higgins, 18741SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Asia
153 Species and 89 Subspecies
Chlosyne damoetas damoetas Skinner, 1902Rockslide Checkerspot
Chlosyne endeis endeis Godman & Salvin, 1894Banded Checkerspot
Chlosyne erodyle Bates, 1864Erodyle Checkerspot
Chlosyne hyperia adelina Staudinger, 1875
Chlosyne nycteis (Doubleday, 1847)⇒ Chlosyne gorgone Hübner, 1810
Eresia ithomioides mimas Staudinger, 1885
Eresia polina lycus A. Hall, 1928
Euphydryas anicia hermosa W. G. Wright, 1905Anicia Checkerspot
Euphydryas asiatica Staudinger, 1881
Euphydryas asiatica alexandrina Staudinger, 1887
Euphydryas asiatica narina Oberthür, 1909
Euphydryas aurinia Rottemburg, 1775Alpine Fritillary
Euphydryas aurinia aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775)⇒ Euphydryas aurinia Rottemburg, 1775
Euphydryas cynthia Denis & Schi..., 1775Cynthia's Fritillary
Euphydryas desfontainii Godart, 1819Spanish Fritillary
Euphydryas ichnea Boisduval, 1833Asian Fritillary
Euphydryas ichnea ichnea Boisduval, 1833
Euphydryas iduna Dalman, 1816Lapland Fritillary
Euphydryas intermedia Ménétriés, 1859Asian Fritillary
Euphydryas maturna Linnaeus, 1758Scarce fritillary
Euphydryas maturna maturna Linnaeus, 1758
Euphydryas maturna staudingeri Wnukowsky, 1929
Euphydryas orientalis Herrich-Schä..., 1851
Euphydryas phaeton Drury, 1773Baltimore
Euphydryas sibirica Staudinger, 1871
Euphydryas sibirica davidi Oberthür, 1881
Euphydryas sibirica eothena Röber, 1926
Melitaea acentria Lukhtanov, 2017Acentria'S Fritillary
Melitaea acraeina Staudinger, 1886
Melitaea aetherie Hübner, 1826Aetherie Fritillary
Melitaea afghana (Kollar, 1850)⇒ Melitaea persea Kollar, 1850
Melitaea agar Oberthür, 1886
Melitaea agar agar
Melitaea ala Lukhtanov, 1999
Melitaea ala bicolor Seitz, 1908
Melitaea ala determinata Bryk, 1940
Melitaea ala sheljuzhkoi Bryk, 1940
Melitaea ala strandi Bryk, 1940
Melitaea amardea (Grum-Grshima..., 1895)⇒ Melitaea cinxia Linnaeus, 1758
Melitaea ambigua (Butler, 1878)⇒ Melitaea leucippe Schneider, 1787
Melitaea ambigua niphona Butler, 1878
Melitaea ambigua sachalinensis Matsumura, 1925
Melitaea ambrisia Higgins, 1935
Melitaea amoenula C. & R.Felder, 1867
Melitaea arcesia Bremer, 1861Blackvein Fritillary
Melitaea arcesia arcesia Bremer, 1864
Melitaea arcesia balbita Moore, 1874
Melitaea arcesia carmana (Fruhstorfer, 1915)⇒ Melitaea arcesia Bremer, 1861
Melitaea arcesia chuana (Grum-Grshima..., 1893)⇒ Melitaea arcesia Bremer, 1861
Melitaea arcesia irma (Higgins, 1941)⇒ Mellicta sikkimensis Moore, 1901
Melitaea arcesia rucephala (Fruhstorfer, 1915)⇒ Melitaea arcesia Bremer, 1861
Melitaea arcesia sikkimensis Moore, 1901Blackvein fritillary
Melitaea arduinna Esper, 1783Freyer's Fritillary
Melitaea arduinna arduinna Esper, 1783
Melitaea arduinna evanescens Staudinger, 1886
Melitaea asteria FREYER, 1828Little Fritillary
Melitaea asteroidea (Staudinger, 1881)⇒ Melitaea turanica Erschov, 1874
Melitaea athalia Rottemburg, 1775Heath Fritillary
Melitaea athalia athalia (Rottemburg, 1775)⇒ Melitaea athalia Rottemburg, 1775
Melitaea athalia baikalensis Bremer, 1861
Melitaea athene Staudinger, 1881
Melitaea aurelia NICKERL, 1850Nickerl's Fritillary
Melitaea aurelia distans Higgins, 1955
Melitaea avinovi Sheljuzhko, 1914
Melitaea balba Evans, 1912
Melitaea balbita (Moore, 1874)⇒ Melitaea balba Evans, 1912
Melitaea bellona Leech, 1892
Melitaea britomartis Assmann, 1847Assmann's Fritillary
Melitaea britomartis amurensis Staudinger, 1892
Melitaea britomartis latefascia Fixsen, 1883
Melitaea casta Kollar, 1850
Melitaea casta brandti
Melitaea caucasogenita Verity, 1930
Melitaea centralasiae Wnukowsky, 1929
Melitaea chitralensis Moore, 1901Chitral Fritillary
Melitaea cinxia Linnaeus, 1758Glanville fritellary
Melitaea cinxia brenthis Reuss, 1921
Melitaea cinxia cinxia Linnaeus, 1758
Melitaea cinxia clarissa Staudinger, 1892
Melitaea cinxia oasis Huang & Mura..., 1992
Melitaea collina (Lederer, 1861)⇒ Phyciodes mylitta W.H. Edwards, 1861
Melitaea consulis Wiltshire, 1941
Melitaea deione Geyer, 1832Provençal Fritillary
Melitaea deione deione (Geyer, 1832)⇒ Melitaea deione Geyer, 1832
Melitaea deserticola Oberthür, 1911Desert Fritillary
Melitaea deserticola macromaculata Belter, 1934
Melitaea deserticola sargon Hemming, 1932
Melitaea deserticola scotti Higgins, 1941
Melitaea diamina Lang, 1789False Heath Fritillary
Melitaea diamina hebe Borkhausen, 1793
Melitaea dictynna (Esper, 1779)⇒ Melitaea leucippe Schneider, 1787
Melitaea didyma Esper, 1778Fiery Fritillary
Melitaea didyma altaica Grum-Grschim..., 1891
Melitaea didyma didyma (Esper, 1778)⇒ Melitaea didyma Esper, 1778
Melitaea didyma kirgisica Bryk, 1940
Melitaea didyma mixta Evans, 1912
Melitaea didyma nadezhdae Sheljuzhko, 1912
Melitaea didyma turkestanica Sheljushko, 1924
Melitaea didymaeformia Verity, 1950
Melitaea didymina Staudinger, 1895
Melitaea didymoides Eversmann, 1847
Melitaea didymoides didymoides Eversmann, 1847
Melitaea didymoides eupatides Fruhstorfer, 1917
Melitaea didymoides latonia Grum-Grshima..., 1891
Melitaea didymoides pekinensis Seitz, 1909
Melitaea didymoides yugakuana Matsumura, 1927
Melitaea dodgsoni Smith, 1887
Melitaea dodgsoni montium
Melitaea elisabethae Avinoff, 1910
Melitaea enarea Fruhstorfer, 1917
Melitaea fascelis Fabricius, 1787
Melitaea fascelis fascelis Fabricius, 1787
Melitaea fergana Staudinger, 1882
Melitaea fergana macarandica
Melitaea fergana maracandica Staudinger, 1882
Melitaea gina Higgins, 1941
Melitaea infernalis Grum-Grshima..., 1891
Melitaea interrupta Kolenati, 1846
Melitaea irka Coutsis & Va..., 2014
Melitaea jezabel Oberthür, 1888
Melitaea kotshubeji (Sheljuzhko, 1929)⇒ Melitaea chitralensis Moore, 1901
Melitaea kuchi Wyatt, 1961
Melitaea latonia (Grum-Grshima..., 1891)⇒ Melitaea didymoides Eversmann, 1847
Melitaea latonigena Eversmann, 1847
Melitaea leucippe Schneider, 1787
Melitaea ludmilla Churkin, Kol..., 2000
Melitaea lukto
Melitaea lukto mimetica
Melitaea lunulata Staudinger, 1901
Melitaea lutko Evans, 1932Balochi Fritillary
Melitaea lutko mimetica Higgins, 1940
Melitaea mandschukoana (Eversmann, 1847)⇒ Melitaea didymoides Eversmann, 1847
Melitaea mandschurica (Seitz, 1908)⇒ Melitaea didymoides Eversmann, 1847
Melitaea maracandica Staudinger, 1882
Melitaea maturna (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Melitaea leucippe Schneider, 1787
Melitaea mesopotamica Coutsis & Va..., 2014
Melitaea mimetica Higgins, 1940
Melitaea minerva Staudinger, 1881Pamir Fritillary
Melitaea mixta Evans, 1912
Melitaea mondochurica
Melitaea montium (Belter, 1934)⇒ Melitaea persea Kollar, 1850
Melitaea nadezhdae Sheljuzhko, 1912
Melitaea nevadensis Oberthür, 1904
Melitaea nora
Melitaea orientalis (Herrich-Schä..., 1856)⇒ Euphydryas orientalis Herrich-Schä..., 1851
Melitaea ornata Christoph, 1893Eastern Knapweed Fritillary
Melitaea pallas Staudinger, 1886
Melitaea pallida (Skala, 1907)⇒ Melitaea didyma Esper, 1778
Melitaea pamira (Staudinger, 1887)⇒ Melitaea turanica Erschov, 1874
Melitaea parthenie (Bergstrasser, 1780)⇒ Melitaea aurelia NICKERL, 1850
Melitaea parthenoides Keferstein, 1851Meadow Fritillary
Melitaea pavlitzkajana Sheljuzhko, 1943
Melitaea persea Kollar, 1850Desert Fritillary
Melitaea persea caucasica Staudinger, 1870
Melitaea persea dodgsoni Grose-Smith, 1887
Melitaea persea persea Kollar, , 1849
Melitaea phoebe (Goeze, 1779)⇒ Melitaea cinxia Linnaeus, 1758
Melitaea phoebe mandarina Seitz, 1909
Melitaea phoebe punica Oberthür, 1876
Melitaea phoebe saturata Staudinger, 1892
Melitaea phoebe wagneri Wnukowsky, 1929
Melitaea plotina Bremer, 1861
Melitaea plotina plotina Bremer, 1861
Melitaea protea Verity, 1916
Melitaea protomedia (Ménétriés, 1859)⇒ Melitaea diamina Lang, 1789
Melitaea protomedia protomedia Ménétriés, 1859
Melitaea protomedia regama (Fruhstorfer, 1915)⇒ Melitaea diamina protomedia Ménétriés, 1858
Melitaea pseudoala (Sheljuzhko, 1929)⇒ Melitaea didyma turkestanica Sheljushko, 1924
Melitaea punica Oberthur, 1876Algerian Fritillary
Melitaea punica telona (Fruhstorfer, 1908)⇒ Melitaea ornata Christoph, 1893
Melitaea pyronia (Hübner, 1800)⇒ Melitaea leucippe Schneider, 1787
Melitaea rebeli Wnukowsky, 1929
Melitaea regama Fruhstorfer, 1915
Melitaea rhodopensis (Esper, 1783)⇒ Melitaea didyma Esper, 1778
Melitaea robertsi Butler, 1880Baluchi Fritillary
Melitaea romanovi Grum-Grshima..., 1891
Melitaea romanovi romanovi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891
Melitaea romanovi shanshiensis Murayama, 1955
Melitaea rucephala Fruhstorfer, 1915
Melitaea sarvistana Wiltshire, 1941
Melitaea saxatilis Christoph, 1873
Melitaea scotosia Butler, 1878
Melitaea scotosia scotosia Butler, 1878
Melitaea seitzi (Eversmann, 1847)⇒ Melitaea didymoides Eversmann, 1847
Melitaea shandura W.H. Evans, 1924Shandur Fritillary
Melitaea sibina Alpheraky, 1882
Melitaea sibina sibina
Melitaea sikkimensis Moore, 1901
Melitaea sindura Moore, 1865
Melitaea snyderi Seok, 1936
Melitaea solona (Alpheraky, 1881)⇒ Melitaea turanica Erschov, 1874
Melitaea sultanensis Staudinger, 1886
Melitaea sutschana Staudinger, 1892
Melitaea sutschana sutschana Staudinger, 1892
Melitaea syriaca Rebel, 1905
Melitaea telona (Fruhstorfer, 1908)⇒ Melitaea ornata Christoph, 1893
Melitaea transcaucasica (Turati, 1921)⇒ Melitaea interrupta Kolenati, 1846
Melitaea trivia (Denis & Schi..., 1775)⇒ Melitaea cinxia Linnaeus, 1758
Melitaea trivia robertsi
Melitaea turanica Erschov, 1874
Melitaea turkestanica Sheljuzhko, 1929
Melitaea turkmanica Higgins, 1940Turkmen Fritillary
Melitaea varia Meyer-Dur, 1851Grison's Fritillary
Melitaea yuenty Oberthür, 1886
Melitaea yuenty yuenty Oberthur, 1886
Mellicta alatauica Staudinger, 1881
Mellicta ambigua Ménétriés, 1859
Mellicta asteria (FREYER, 1828)⇒ Melitaea asteria FREYER, 1828
Mellicta athalia (Rottemburg, 1775)⇒ Melitaea athalia Rottemburg, 1775
Mellicta athalia ambigua Ménétriés, 1859
Mellicta athalia athalia (Rottemburg, 1775)⇒ Melitaea athalia Rottemburg, 1775
Mellicta athalia mongolica
Mellicta aurelia (NICKERL, 1850)⇒ Melitaea aurelia NICKERL, 1850
Mellicta aurelia luceria Fruhstorfer, 1917
Mellicta britomartis (Assmann, 1847)⇒ Melitaea britomartis Assmann, 1847
Mellicta britomartis latefascia Fixsen, 1883
Mellicta britomartis latifascia
Mellicta caucasogenita Verity, 1930
Mellicta centralasiae (Wnukowsky, 1929)⇒ Melitaea centralasiae Wnukowsky, 1929
Mellicta deione (Hübner, 1829)⇒ Melitaea deione Geyer, 1832
Mellicta latefascia Fixsen, 1883
Mellicta menetriesi Caradja, 1895
Mellicta parthenoides (Keferstein, 1851)⇒ Melitaea parthenoides Keferstein, 1851
Mellicta plotina (Braemer, 1861)⇒ Melitaea plotina Bremer, 1861
Mellicta rebeli (Wnukowsky, 1929)⇒ Melitaea rebeli Wnukowsky, 1929
Mellicta sikkimensis Moore, 1901Blackvein Fritillary
Mellicta varia (Meyer-Dür, 1851)⇒ Melitaea varia Meyer-Dur, 1851
Mellicta varia piana Higgins, 1930
Microtia elva Bates, 1864Elf
Phyciodes mylitta W.H. Edwards, 1861Mylitta Crescenspot
Phyciodes pallida Edwards, 1864Pale crescent
Phyciodes picta canace W. H. Edwards, 1871Painted Crescent
Phyciodes tharos Drury, 1773Early Pearly Crescentspot
Telenassa delphia geminia (C.H. Hopffer, 1874)⇒ Telenassa delphia nana H. Druce, 1874

Subnodes of Melitaeini with occurrences in Asia
SubtribeChlosynina
not available as yet, from Kons, 2000
2
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeEuphydryina
Higgins, 1978
1
12
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeMelitaeina
Newman, 1870
2
128
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribePhyciodina
Higgins, 1981
3
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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