Melinaea mneme

Melinaea mneme
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Melinaea
Species:	M. mneme
Binomial name
	Melinaea mneme; (Linnaeus, 1763)
Synonyms
	Papilio mnemeLinnaeus, 1763; Mechanitis polymniaAurivillius, 1882;

Last updated August 18, 2025

Melinaea mneme is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1763. It is found in South America.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Subspecies

Melinaea mneme mneme (Suriname, Guianas)
Melinaea mneme mauensisWeymer, 1891 (Brazil)

References

↑ "Melinaea m. mneme (Linnaeus, 1763)". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
↑ Savela, Markku (August 26, 2017). "Melinaea mneme (Linnaeus, 1763)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Melinaea mneme". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved July 4, 2020.

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[1] "Melinaea m. mneme (Linnaeus, 1763)". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[2] Savela, Markku (August 26, 2017). "Melinaea mneme (Linnaeus, 1763)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 4, 2020.

[3] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Melinaea mneme". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved July 4, 2020.

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