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Genus of butterflies
M. pixe (red-bordered pixie)
Melanis is a
genus in the butterfly family
Riodinidae present in the
Neotropical realm.
Species
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Melanis aegates (Hewitson, 1874)
- M. a. aegates present in
Bolivia
- M. a. albugo (Stichel, 1910) present in
Paraguay
- M. a. araguaya (Seitz, 1913) present in
Brazil
- M. a. cretiplaga (Stichel, 1910) present in Paraguay and
Argentina
- M. a. lilybaeus (Stichel, 1926) present in Brazil
- M. a. limbata (Stichel, 1925) present in Brazil
- M. a. melliplaga (Stichel, 1910) present in
French Guiana and
Suriname
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Melanis alena (Hewitson, 1870) present in Brazil
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Melanis boyi (Stichel, 1923) present in Brazil
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Melanis cephise (Ménétriés, 1855)
- M. c. cephise present in
Nicaragua and
Mexico
- M. c. acroleuca (R. Felder, 1869) present in Mexico
- M. c. huasteca J. & A. White, 1989 present in Mexico
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Melanis cercopes (Hewitson, 1874) present in Bolivia
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Melanis cinaron (C. & R. Felder, 1861) present in
Colombia, Brazil and
Peru
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Melanis cratia (Hewitson, 1870)
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Melanis electron (Fabricius, 1793)
- M. e. electron present in French Guiana,
Trinidad and Tobago and
Venezuela
- M. e. auriferax (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil
- M. e. epijarbas (Staudinger, 1888) present in Brazil
- M. e. herellus (Snellen, 1887) present in
Curaçao
- M. e. melantho (Ménétriés, 1855) present in
Panama,
Guatemala and Nicaragua
- M. e. pronostriga (Stichel, 1910) present in Colombia and Brazil
- M. e. rabuscula (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil and Peru
-
Melanis herminae (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil
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Melanis hillapana (Röber, 1904)
- M. h. hillapana present in Bolivia and Peru
- M. h. corinna (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil
- M. h. cratippa (Seitz, 1913) present in Brazil
- M. h. impura (Stichel, 1910)
-
Melanis hodia (Butler, 1870) present in
Venezuela
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Melanis leucophlegma (Stichel, 1910) present in Peru
-
Melanis lioba (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil
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Melanis lycea Hübner, 1823 present in Brazil
-
Melanis marathon (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
- M. m. marathon present in Venezuela and Colombia
- M. m. assimulata (Stichel, 1910) present in Colombia
- M. m. charon (Butler, 1874) present in Brazil
- M. m. stenotaenia Röber, 1904 present in Peru
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Melanis melandra Hübner, [1819] present in Suriname
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Melanis melaniae (Stichel, 1930) present in Brazil
-
Melanis opites (Hewitson, 1875) present in Brazil
-
Melanis passiena (Hewitson, 1870) present in Colombia
-
Melanis pixe (Boisduval, [1836])
- M. p. pixe present in the US at
Texas and Mexico
- M. p. corvina (Stichel, 1910) present in Colombia
- M. p. sanguinea (Stichel, 1910) present in
Panama and
Costa Rica
-
Melanis seleukia (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil
-
Melanis smithiae (Westwood, 1851)
- M. s. smithiae present in Bolivia and Brazil
- M. s. xarifa (Hewitson, [1853]) present in Colombia and Venezuela
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Melanis unxia (Hewitson, [1853]) present in Brazil
-
Melanis vidali (Dognin, 1891) present in
Ecuador
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Melanis volusia (Hewitson, [1853]) present in Brazil
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Melanis xenia (Hewitson, [1853])
- M. x. xenia present in Brazil
- M. x. ambryllis (Hewitson, 1874) present in Paraguay and Bolivia
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Melanis yeda (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil
Sources
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