Melinaea Explained

Melinaea is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

Species

Arranged alphabetically:^[1]

• Melinaea ethra (Godart, 1819)
• Melinaea idae (Felder & Felder, 1862)
• Melinaea isocomma Forbes, 1948
• Melinaea lilis (Doubleday, 1847)
• Melinaea ludovica (Cramer, [1780])
• Melinaea marsaeus (Hewitson, 1860)
• Melinaea menophilus (Hewitson, 1856) – Hewitson's tiger
• Melinaea mnasias (Hewitson, 1856)
• Melinaea mneme (Linnaeus, 1763)
• Melinaea mnemopsis Berg, 1897
• Melinaea satevis (Doubleday, 1847)

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/danainae/melinaea/ "Melinaea Hübner, 1816"