Melanis is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present in the Neotropical realm.
Species
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
Melanis alena (Hewitson, 1870) present in Brazil
Melanis boyi (Stichel, 1923) present in Brazil
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
Melanis cercopes (Hewitson, 1874) present in Bolivia
Melanis cinaron (C. & R. Felder, 1861) present in Colombia, Brazil and Peru
Melanis cratia (Hewitson, 1870)
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
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
Melanis leucophlegma (Stichel, 1910) present in Peru
Melanis lioba (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil
Melanis lycea Hübner, 1823 present in Brazil
Melanis marathon (C. & R. Felder, )
M. m. marathon present in Venezuela and Colombia
M. m. assimulata (Stichel, 1910) present in Colombia
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