Melete (butterfly)

Melete is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. The genus was erected by William John Swainson in 1831.[1][2][3]

Melete
Melete leucadia - Muséum de Toulouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Pierini
Genus: Melete
Swainson, 1831
Synonyms
  • Daptonoura Butler, 1869

Species

  • Melete calymnia (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)
  • Melete leucadia (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)
  • Melete leucanthe (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861)
  • Melete lycimnia (Cramer, 1777)
  • Melete polyhymnia (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)
  • Melete salacia (Godart, 1819)
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References

  1. Savela, Markku (May 31, 2018). "Melete Swainson, 1831". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Melete". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Melete Swainson, 1831". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved April 27, 2020.


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