Melanis

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Melanis
Melanis (Melanis aegates).JPG
M. aegates
the Pantanal, Brazil
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Melanis plate from Adalbert Seitz's Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Subfamily: Riodininae
Genus: Melanis
Hübner, 1819
Synonyms
  • LimnasBoisduval, 1836
  • LymnasBlanchard, 1840
  • OreasC. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • DryasC. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • RusalkiaKirby, 1871
  • AculhuaKirby, 1871
M. pixe (red-bordered pixie) Red-bordered Pixie (Melanis pixe) dorsal.jpg
M. pixe (red-bordered pixie)

Melanis is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present in the Neotropical realm.

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