Melinaea

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Melinaea
Mimic tigerwing (Melinaea lilis sola) Tr.jpg
M. lilis sola, Trinidad
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Melinaea

Hübner, 1816
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Synonyms
  • MelinaeaBates, 1862
  • CzakiaKremky, 1925

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

Species

Arranged alphabetically: [1]

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References

  1. "Melinaea Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms