Taxonomy of Genus Melphina Evans, 1937
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 | | Microorder | Apoditrysia
Minet, 1983
| 13
1792
34426 | Families
Genera
Species | | Phalanx | Obtectomera
Minet, 1986
| 8
1724
33194 | Families
Genera
Species |
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 6
1580
31274 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 3
1099
24454 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 2
1096
24391 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Hesperiidae
Latreille, 1809
Indet. Skipper, Skipper, Skipper Butterflies, Skippers | 1096
24391 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Hesperiinae
Latreille, 1809
Banded skippers, Branded skippers, Folded-winged Skippers | 408
10692 | Genera
Species | | Tribe | Erionotini
Distant, 1886
| 100
2071 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Melphina
Evans, 1937
| 18 | Species |
Subnodes of Melphina Evans, 1937 | Species | Melphina argyrodes Holland, 1894
| | | | Species | Melphina eala Evans, 1956
| | | | Species | Melphina euryspila Mabille, 1891
| | | | Species | Melphina evansi Berger, 1974
| | | | Species | Melphina flavifasciola Druce, 1909
| | | | Species | Melphina flavina Lindsey & Miller, 1965 ⇒ Melphinyet flavina
Yellow Forest Swift | | | | Species | Melphina hulstaerti Evans, 1956
| | | | Species | Melphina malthina Hewitson, 1876 ⇒ Melphina evansi
White-patch Forest Swift | | | | Species | Melphina maximiliana Belcastro & Larsen, 2005
Maximiliano´s Forest Swift | | | | Species | Melphina maximiliani Belcastro & T.B. Larsen, 2005
Maximiliano´s Forest Swift | | | | Species | Melphina melphis Holland, 1893 ⇒ Melphinyet eala
Peculiar Forest Swift | | | | Species | Melphina noctula Druce, 1909 ⇒ Noctulana noctula
Brown Forest Swift | | | | Species | Melphina palocampta Druce, 1909
| | | | Species | Melphina statira Mabille, 1891
White-spotted Forest Swift | | | | Species | Melphina statirides Holland, 1896 ⇒ Melphinyet statirides
Brown-margin Forest Swift | | | | Species | Melphina tarace Mabille, 1891 ⇒ Melphinyet flavina
Scarce Forest Swift | 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Melphina unistriga Holland, 1893 ⇒ Melphinyet unistriga
Common Forest Swift | | |
Distribution of Melphina Evans, 1937 Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda
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