Melete (butterfly)
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| Melete leucadia - Muséum de Toulouse | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Tribe: | Pierini |
| Genus: | Swainson, 1831 |
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Melete is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. The genus was erected by William Swainson in 1831.[1][2][3]
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)
References
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- ^ Savela, Markku (May 31, 2018). "Melete Swainson, 1831". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Melete Swainson, 1831". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved April 27, 2020.