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TAXSYNDISISLFRMPIC
Mellicta Fabricius, 1807
is a synonym of Genus Melitaea Fabricius, 1807
This may be an outdated term
The Taxom listed here as synonyme is shown below

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
FamilyNymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies
1533
72196
Genera
Species
SubfamilyNymphalinae
Swainson, 1827
Admirals, And peacocks, Anglewings, Brushfoots, Crescents
119
9545
Genera
Species
TribeMelitaeini
Newman, 1870
Checkerspots and Allies
27
4370
Genera
Species
SubtribeMelitaeina
Newman, 1870
5
2366
Genera
Species
GenusMellicta
Fabricius, 1807
483Species
Subnodes of Mellicta Fabricius, 1807
SpeciesMellicta aceras Hormuzaki, 1911
SpeciesMellicta acerasia Hormuzaki, 1911
SpeciesMellicta alatanica
SpeciesMellicta alatauica Staudinger, 1881
SpeciesMellicta alba Rehfous, 1905
SpeciesMellicta albida Wehrli, 1914
SpeciesMellicta albimacula Wojtusiak & Niesiolowski, 1946
SpeciesMellicta alpestris Vorbrodt, 1928
SpeciesMellicta altaica Staudinger, 1901
SpeciesMellicta ambigua Ménétriés, 1859
SpeciesMellicta amparoi Sabariego, 0
SpeciesMellicta amurensis Staudinger, 1892
SpeciesMellicta anatolica Wagner, 1929
SpeciesMellicta aphaea FREYER, 1858
SpeciesMellicta aquilari Querci, 1932
SpeciesMellicta aranensis de Sagarra, 1930
SpeciesMellicta asiae Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta asiaefrigida Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta asteria FREYER, 1828  ⇒ Melitaea asteria
Little Fritillary
2Subspecies
SpeciesMellicta asteriades de Selys, 1857
SpeciesMellicta asteriae Herrich-Schäffer, 1843
SpeciesMellicta asterie
1Subspecies
SpeciesMellicta aterrimevittata Verity, 1920
SpeciesMellicta athalia Rottemburg, 1775  ⇒ Melitaea athalia
Heath Fritillary
80Subspecies
SpeciesMellicta athalides Verity, 1919
SpeciesMellicta athalioides Turati & Verity, 1911
SpeciesMellicta atrovittata Turati & Verity, 1911
SpeciesMellicta aurelia NICKERL, 1850  ⇒ Melitaea aurelia
Nickerl´s Fritillary
20Subspecies
SpeciesMellicta aureliaeformis Verity, 1916
SpeciesMellicta aureliaesimilis Rocci, 1930
SpeciesMellicta aurelianigrobscura Verity, 1931
SpeciesMellicta aurelitoides Rocci, 1930
SpeciesMellicta aurigna Rottemburg, 1775
SpeciesMellicta austera Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta barnumi Dujardin, 1948
SpeciesMellicta barthae Issekutz & Kovács, 1954
SpeciesMellicta bathilda Fruhstorfer, 1923
SpeciesMellicta beata Caradja, 1893
SpeciesMellicta benacensis Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta berisalella Verity, 1935
SpeciesMellicta berisalensis Rühl & Favre, 1897
SpeciesMellicta berisalii Rühl, 1891
SpeciesMellicta biedermanni Querci, 1932
SpeciesMellicta bifasciata Reverdin, 1914
SpeciesMellicta blachieri Caruel, 1946
SpeciesMellicta bolivari de Sagarra, 1930
SpeciesMellicta borealis Lindström, 1929
SpeciesMellicta boris Fruhstorfer, 1917
SpeciesMellicta britanna Verity, 1914
SpeciesMellicta britomartis Assmann, 1847  ⇒ Melitaea britomartis
Assmann´s Fritillary
15Subspecies
SpeciesMellicta carsicola Verity, 1932
SpeciesMellicta caucasica Staudinger, 1871
SpeciesMellicta caucasogenita Verity, 1930
SpeciesMellicta celadussa Fruhstorfer, 1910
SpeciesMellicta centralasiae Wnukowsky, 1929  ⇒ Melitaea centralasiae
SpeciesMellicta centroposita Issekutz & Kovács, 1954
SpeciesMellicta chappuisi Heinrich, 1917
SpeciesMellicta charlotta Rebel, 1912
SpeciesMellicta cincta Blachier, 1914
SpeciesMellicta cinerea Mellaerts, 1929
SpeciesMellicta cinnamomea Vorbrodt & Müller-Rutz, 1917
SpeciesMellicta cinxiodictynnoides Stauder, 1922
SpeciesMellicta ciscaucasica Kiabov, 1926
SpeciesMellicta commacula Caruel, 1946
SpeciesMellicta communis Verity, 1931
SpeciesMellicta completa Verity, 1931
SpeciesMellicta confulgens Issekutz & Kovács, 1954
SpeciesMellicta conica Matsumura, 1929
SpeciesMellicta coreae Verity, 1930
SpeciesMellicta corythalia Spuler, 1901
SpeciesMellicta corythalina Schawerda, 1929
SpeciesMellicta corythallia Hübner, 1790
SpeciesMellicta crassepicta Verity, 1950
SpeciesMellicta csikii Aigner-Abafi, 1906
SpeciesMellicta cymothoe Bertolini, 1829
SpeciesMellicta deficiens Caruel, 1946
SpeciesMellicta deione Hübner, 1829  ⇒ Melitaea deione
Provençal Fritillary, Provençal Fritillary
15Subspecies
SpeciesMellicta deioneformis Verity, 1914
SpeciesMellicta dejone FREYER, 1846
SpeciesMellicta dejonella Verity, 1930
SpeciesMellicta dejonides Wagner, 1918
SpeciesMellicta delminia Fruhstorfer, 1910
SpeciesMellicta demarginata Caruel, 1944
SpeciesMellicta diamina
False Heath Fritillary
SpeciesMellicta diaminoides Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta dictynnaesimilis Verity, 1930
SpeciesMellicta dictynnoides Hormuzaki, 1898
SpeciesMellicta dioszeghyi Issekutz & Kovács, 1954
SpeciesMellicta distans Higgins, 1955
SpeciesMellicta divergens Rocci, 1930
SpeciesMellicta dorfmeisteri Verity, 1950
SpeciesMellicta elenae Yakovlev, 2007
SpeciesMellicta elongata Oberthür, 1910
SpeciesMellicta eos Haworth, 1803
SpeciesMellicta escalerai Agenjo, 1934
SpeciesMellicta espunaensis Korb, 1915
SpeciesMellicta evittata Storace, 1943
SpeciesMellicta faivrei Le Charles, 1920
SpeciesMellicta fallax Hormuzaki, 1925
SpeciesMellicta fasciata Vorbrodt, 1912
SpeciesMellicta felkeli Stauder, 1922
SpeciesMellicta fennica Petersen, 1947
SpeciesMellicta fiorii Rocci, 1932
SpeciesMellicta flavescens Matsumura, 1929
SpeciesMellicta flavoelongata Caruel, 1944
SpeciesMellicta frigidaltaica Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta fruhstorferi Wnukowsky, 1929
SpeciesMellicta fulla Quensel, 1791
SpeciesMellicta funesta Stauder, 1922
SpeciesMellicta fuscissima Verity, 1950
SpeciesMellicta gilbon Fruhstorfer, 1917
SpeciesMellicta grisea Caruel, 1946
SpeciesMellicta hastensis Rocci, 1932
SpeciesMellicta helvetica Rühl, 1888
SpeciesMellicta hertha Quensel, 1791
SpeciesMellicta hisopa de Selys, 1837
SpeciesMellicta hispanica Wnukowsky, 1929
SpeciesMellicta iberagigas Verity, 1930
SpeciesMellicta iberanana Verity, 1930
SpeciesMellicta iberica Staudinger, 1901
SpeciesMellicta illyrica Stauder, 1914
SpeciesMellicta imitans Verity, 1930
SpeciesMellicta imitatrix Verity, 1932
SpeciesMellicta inanis Verity, 1921
SpeciesMellicta indigna Cabeau, 1922
SpeciesMellicta interligata Pionneau, 1932
SpeciesMellicta jordisi Rühl, 1893
SpeciesMellicta jupini Caruel, 1945
SpeciesMellicta kalaszensis Issekutz & Kovács, 1954
SpeciesMellicta kaposensis Issekutz & Kovács, 1954
SpeciesMellicta kenteana Seitz, 1909
SpeciesMellicta kolymskya Higgins, 1955
SpeciesMellicta koreana Elwes, 1899
SpeciesMellicta lachares Fruhstorfer, 1923
SpeciesMellicta lacustris Rocci, 1932
SpeciesMellicta latefascia Fixsen, 1883
SpeciesMellicta latonigena Spuler, 1901
SpeciesMellicta lepontica Rütimeyer, 1943
SpeciesMellicta leucippe Schneider, 1789
SpeciesMellicta leucophana Cabeau, 1912
SpeciesMellicta ligata Caruel, 1944
SpeciesMellicta ligustica Rocci, 1932
SpeciesMellicta limera Fruhstorfer, 1917
SpeciesMellicta limeraparthenoidemima Verity, 1939
SpeciesMellicta lucasi Verity, 1920
SpeciesMellicta luceria Fruhstorfer, 1917
SpeciesMellicta luciflua Fruhstorfer, 1917
SpeciesMellicta lucifuga Fruhstorfer, 1917
SpeciesMellicta magna Seitz, 1909
SpeciesMellicta mandschurica Fixsen, 1887
SpeciesMellicta mariae Sabariego, 0
SpeciesMellicta martai Sabariego, 0
SpeciesMellicta marussia Fruhstorfer, 1923
SpeciesMellicta matrica Issekutz & Kovács, 1954
SpeciesMellicta maxima Turati, 1912
SpeciesMellicta maximaeformis Rocci, 1930
SpeciesMellicta mayi Gunder, 1929
SpeciesMellicta mediofasciata Bubacek, 1926
SpeciesMellicta mehadiensis Gerhard, 1882
SpeciesMellicta melanalbinotica Wehrli, 1920
SpeciesMellicta melangraphata Beuret, 1933
SpeciesMellicta melanina Herrich-Schäffer, 1847
SpeciesMellicta melanodes Lambillion, 1910
SpeciesMellicta melathalia Rocci, 1930
SpeciesMellicta melicerta Pfützner, 1873
SpeciesMellicta melida Fruhstorfer, 1923
SpeciesMellicta mendrisiota Fruhstorfer, 1923
SpeciesMellicta menetriesi Caradja, 1895
SpeciesMellicta mevania Fruhstorfer, 1910
SpeciesMellicta michielli Varga, 1969
SpeciesMellicta microdelminia Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta micromelanica Verity, 1935
SpeciesMellicta minor Esper, 1784
SpeciesMellicta mirabilis Rütimeyer, 1942
SpeciesMellicta mirefasciata Cabeau, 1923
SpeciesMellicta mixtaceladussa Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta mixtalpicola Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta molpadia Varin, 1933
SpeciesMellicta mongolica Verity, 1930
SpeciesMellicta murakumo Haruta, 1940
SpeciesMellicta mussinae Costantini, 1916
SpeciesMellicta naszalensis Issekutz & Kovács, 1954
SpeciesMellicta navarina Spuler, 1901
SpeciesMellicta needed
SpeciesMellicta neglecta Pfau, 1962
SpeciesMellicta nevadensis Spuler, 1908
SpeciesMellicta nigrathalia Johnstone, 1944
SpeciesMellicta nigriornea Lempke, 1955
SpeciesMellicta nigrobella Rocci, 1942
SpeciesMellicta nigrobscura Verity, 1931
SpeciesMellicta nigrocingulata Van Oorschot, 1966
SpeciesMellicta nigrolunulata Van Oorschot, 1966
SpeciesMellicta nigromarginata Lempke, 1955
SpeciesMellicta nigropunctata Caruel, 1944
SpeciesMellicta niphona Butler, 1878
SpeciesMellicta nitida Oberthür, 1909
SpeciesMellicta noctula Fruhstorfer, 1923
SpeciesMellicta norwegica Aurivillius, 1888
SpeciesMellicta nossis Fruhstorfer, 1923
SpeciesMellicta oberthueri Caruel, 1945
SpeciesMellicta oberthuri
SpeciesMellicta obscura Hosp, 1923
SpeciesMellicta obscuramaxima Verity, 1921
SpeciesMellicta obsoleta Tutt, 1896
SpeciesMellicta ocellata Caruel, 1948
SpeciesMellicta orientalis Ménétriés, 1859
SpeciesMellicta orientalpicola Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta pacifica Verity, 1932
SpeciesMellicta paleatincta Verity, 1913
SpeciesMellicta parnassiotropa Bryk, 1923
SpeciesMellicta partheniaesimilis Rocci, 1930
SpeciesMellicta parthenides Verity, 1919
SpeciesMellicta parthenie Borkhausen, 1788
SpeciesMellicta parthenoidemima Verity, 1939
SpeciesMellicta parthenoides Keferstein, 1851  ⇒ Melitaea parthenoides
Meadow Fritillary
9Subspecies
SpeciesMellicta parthenope Ménétriés, 1855
SpeciesMellicta parthenopsis Hormuzaki, 1925
SpeciesMellicta parvahispanica Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta parvanigra Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta parvaurelia Rocci, 1930
SpeciesMellicta permixta Stauder, 1922
SpeciesMellicta petricola Nekrutenko, 1978
SpeciesMellicta phaisana Fruhstorfer, 1917
SpeciesMellicta phaisanella Verity, 1950
SpeciesMellicta philomena Fruhstorfer, 1923
SpeciesMellicta phoebe
SpeciesMellicta phoibophila Bryk, 1940
SpeciesMellicta phyciodina Hormuzaki, 1934
SpeciesMellicta piana Higgins, 1930
SpeciesMellicta plena Verity, 1921
SpeciesMellicta plotina Braemer, 1861  ⇒ Melitaea plotina
SpeciesMellicta poedotrophos Bergstrasser, 1780
SpeciesMellicta poenina Verity, 1931
SpeciesMellicta polaris Rygge, 1921
SpeciesMellicta postcarsicola Verity, 1932
SpeciesMellicta postdelminia Verity, 1950
SpeciesMellicta postdivergens Rocci, 1930
SpeciesMellicta postfuscofasciata Goodson, 1960
SpeciesMellicta postluciflua Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta postmelangraphata Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta postmelathalia Rocci, 1930
SpeciesMellicta postmelida Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta postsubluciflua Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta postvividior Verity, 1930
SpeciesMellicta praestantior Verity, 1932
SpeciesMellicta progressa Caruel, 1946
SpeciesMellicta progressiva Kseuzopoliskij, 1911
SpeciesMellicta pseudathalia Reverdin, 1920
SpeciesMellicta pseudaurelia Ebert, 1926
SpeciesMellicta pseudodelminia Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta pseudodictynna Stauder, 1922
SpeciesMellicta pseudorhaetica Kiefer, 1918
SpeciesMellicta punica
SpeciesMellicta pusilla Rocci, 1932
SpeciesMellicta pygmaea Hormuzaki, 1924
SpeciesMellicta pyronioides Reuss, 1921
SpeciesMellicta radiata Kiefer, 1819
SpeciesMellicta rafaela Fruhstorfer, 1923
SpeciesMellicta rühli
SpeciesMellicta rebeli Wnukowsky, 1929  ⇒ Melitaea rebeli
SpeciesMellicta reticulata Higgins, 1955
SpeciesMellicta retyezatica Diószeghy, 1930
SpeciesMellicta rhaetica Frey, 1880
SpeciesMellicta rhea
SpeciesMellicta rhodoleuca Stauder, 1914
SpeciesMellicta rhoio Oberthür, 1910
SpeciesMellicta rondoui Oberthür, 1909
SpeciesMellicta rosinae Rebel, 1911
SpeciesMellicta royoi Agenjo, 1934
SpeciesMellicta ruehli Caruel, 1945
SpeciesMellicta sachalinensis Matsumura, 1925
SpeciesMellicta sajanskalpina Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta samonica Riesen, 1891
SpeciesMellicta scandinavica Staudinger, 1892
SpeciesMellicta scardona Fruhstorfer, 1910
SpeciesMellicta segusiana Rocci, 1932
SpeciesMellicta seminigra Nitsche, 1918
SpeciesMellicta semiplena Verity, 1931
SpeciesMellicta semiradiata Turati & Verity, 1912
SpeciesMellicta septentriorientis Verity, 1930
SpeciesMellicta serotina Oberthür, 1909
SpeciesMellicta sibirica Seitz, 1909
SpeciesMellicta sicula Turati, 1915
SpeciesMellicta siculapinguis Verity, 1950
SpeciesMellicta signata Saggara, 1926
SpeciesMellicta sikkimensis Moore, 1901
Blackvein Fritillary
1Subspecies
SpeciesMellicta sohana Cabeau, 1922
SpeciesMellicta songtonia Doi & Cho, 1934
SpeciesMellicta spadana Cabeau, 1922
SpeciesMellicta speyeri Meyer-Dür, 1851
SpeciesMellicta sphines Fruhstorfer, 1917
SpeciesMellicta subhelvetica Verity, 1935
SpeciesMellicta subluciflua Verity, 1935
SpeciesMellicta submaxima Verity, 1924
SpeciesMellicta subnigrescens Cleu, 1932
SpeciesMellicta subtus Caruel, 1946
1Subspecies
SpeciesMellicta subtus-ocellata Caruel, 1946
SpeciesMellicta subtusnigrescens Caruel, 1944
SpeciesMellicta suessula Fruhstorfer, 1917
SpeciesMellicta sutschana Reverdin, 1922
SpeciesMellicta synexergica Verity, 1930
SpeciesMellicta szadaensis Issekutz & Kovács, 1954
SpeciesMellicta taurinorum Rocci, 1932
SpeciesMellicta tectensis Cabeau, 1922
SpeciesMellicta tenuicula Verity, 1919
SpeciesMellicta tenuis Verity, 1919
SpeciesMellicta teriolensis Wagner, 1912
SpeciesMellicta tessellata Stephens, 1827
SpeciesMellicta tessinorum Fruhstorfer, 1918
SpeciesMellicta tinica Fruhstorfer, 1910
SpeciesMellicta transitoria Eisner, 1942
SpeciesMellicta tricolor Hormuzaki, 1897
SpeciesMellicta trivia
SpeciesMellicta turiniensis Dujardin, 1948
SpeciesMellicta uncummimans Verity, 1940
SpeciesMellicta unifasciata Caruel, 1944
SpeciesMellicta valsunga Fruhstorfer, 1923
SpeciesMellicta varia Meyer-Dür, 1851  ⇒ Melitaea varia
Grisons Fritillary
7Subspecies
SpeciesMellicta variabella Verity, 1931
SpeciesMellicta varioides Rütimeyer, 1942
SpeciesMellicta varissima Verity, 1914
SpeciesMellicta veletaensis RIBBE, 1910
SpeciesMellicta veragrorum Verity, 1935
SpeciesMellicta verbanica Rocci, 1932
SpeciesMellicta verocensis Issekutz & Kovács, 1954
SpeciesMellicta veronicae Dorfmeister, 1853
SpeciesMellicta vesubiana Verity, 1932
SpeciesMellicta vesubiella Verity, 1932
SpeciesMellicta virgata Tutt, 1896
SpeciesMellicta vividior Gouin, 1922
SpeciesMellicta vividocolore Verity, 1931
SpeciesMellicta westsibirica Dubatolov, 1998

Synonyms
Athaliaeformia (Verity, 1950)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Mellicta
FinnishNiittyverkkoperhoset


Distribution of Mellicta Fabricius, 1807
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Albania


Andorra


Armenia


Australia


Austria


Belarus


Belgium


Bosnia and Herzegovina


Bulgaria


Canada


China
7 Species
Colombia
1 Species
Croatia


Czech Republic


Denmark


Estonia


Finland


France


Georgia


Germany


Greece


Hungary


Indonesia
2 Species
Italy


Japan


Kazakhstan


Latvia


Liechtenstein


Lithuania


Luxembourg


Mauritius


Moldova


Monaco


Mongolia


Morocco


Nepal


Netherlands


North Korea


Norway


Papua New Guinea


Poland


Portugal


Romania


Russia


Slovakia


Slovenia


South Korea


Spain


Sweden


Switzerland


Taiwan


Turkey


Ukraine


United Kingdom


USA
1 Species


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