Melanitini

Niklas Wahlberg

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Updated 2020-10-23. Based on

• Markku Savela's pages
• Williams, M. C. 2018: Afrotropical Butterflies 17th Edition.
• Pyrcz, T. W., Collins, S., Zubek, A., Waclawik, B., Sáfián, S., Bakowski, M. & Florczyk, K. 2020: Previously unrecognized diversity of Afrotropical Melanitini butterflies (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae): doubling the number of species and genera. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 78: 171-216. doi:10.26049/ASP78-2-2020-01

TRIB Melanitini

GENU Cyllogenes Butler, 1868

SPEC Cyllogenes akikoae Morita & Uemura, 2006
SPEC Cyllogenes janetae de Nicéville, 1887

SUBS Cyllogenes janetae jaentae de Nicéville, 1887
SUBS Cyllogenes janetae fascialata Smiles

SPEC Cyllogenes suradeva (Moore, 1857)

ORIG Melanitis suradeva Moore, 1857

SPEC Cyllogenes woolletti Riley, 1923

GENU Melanitis Fabricius, 1807

GSYN Hipio Hübner, 1819
GSYN Cyllo Boisduval, 1832

SPEC Melanitis amabilis (Boisduval, 1832)

SUBS Melanitis amabilis amabilis (Boisduval, 1832)
SUBS Melanitis amabilis kajelana Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis amabilis valentina Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis amabilis crameri (Butler, 1866)
SUBS Melanitis amabilis angulata Joicey & Noakes, 1915
SUBS Melanitis amabilis cristobali Samson, 1980
SUBS Melanitis amabilis insulicola Rothschild, 1915

SPEC Melanitis atrax (Felder & Felder, 1863)

SUBS Melanitis atrax atrax (Felder & Felder, 1863)
SUBS Melanitis atrax erichsonia (Felder & Felder, 1863)
SUBS Melanitis atrax cajetana Semper, 1886
SUBS Melanitis atrax lucillus Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis atrax bazilana Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis atrax clya Fruhstorfer, 1911
SUBS Melanitis atrax pityz Fruhstorfer, 1911

SPEC Melanitis belinda Grose-Smith, 1908

SUBS Melanitis belinda belinda Grose-Smith, 1908
SUBS Melanitis belinda cruentala Fruhstorfer, 1897
SUBS Melanitis belinda adingi Hanafusa, 2008

SPEC Melanitis boisduvalia (Felder & Felder, 1863)

SUBS Melanitis boisduvalia boisduvalia (Felder & Felder, 1863)
SUBS Melanitis boisduvalia palawanica Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis boisduvalia carales Frushtorfer, 1911
SUBS Melanitis boisduvalia pompeja Fruhstorfer, 1911
SUBS Melanitis boisduvalia ernita Fruhstorfer, 1911

SPEC Melanitis constantia (Cramer, 1777)

ORIG Papilio constantia Cramer, 1777

SUBS Melanitis constantia constantia (Cramer, 1777)
SUBS Melanitis constantia despoliata Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis constantia salapia Fruhstorfer, 1911

SPEC Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

ORIG Papilio leda Linnaeus, 1758
SSYN Melanitis barnardi Lucas, 1892

SUBS Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
SUBS Melanitis leda bankia (Fabricius, 1775)
SUBS Melanitis leda desperata Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis leda bouruana Holland, 1900
SUBS Melanitis leda moluccarum Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis leda offaka Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis leda angulata Joicey & Noakes, 1915
SUBS Melanitis leda destitans Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis leda kiriwinae Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis leda dominans Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis leda salomonis Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis leda palliata Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis leda levuna Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis leda ismene (Cramer, 1775)
SUBS Melanitis leda africana Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis leda celebicola Martin, 1929

SPEC Melanitis libya Distant, 1882
SPEC Melanitis phedima (Cramer, 1780)

ORIG Papilio phedima Cramer, 1780

SUBS Melanitis phedima phedima (Cramer, 1780)
SUBS Melanitis phedima tambra Moore, 1880
SUBS Melanitis phedima bela Moore, 1857
SUBS Melanitis phedima varaha Moore, 1857
SUBS Melanitis phedima galkissa Fruhstorfer, 1911
SUBS Melanitis phedima gokala Moore, 1857
SUBS Melanitis phedima abdullae Distant, 1883
SUBS Melanitis phedima sumati Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis phedima enganica Fruhstorfer, 1911
SUBS Melanitis phedima linga Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis phedima polishana Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis phedima nuwara Fruhstorfer, 1911
SUBS Melanitis phedima ganapati Fruhstorfer, 1908

SPEC Melanitis pyrrha Röber, 1887

SUBS Melanitis pyrrha pyrrha Röber, 1887
SUBS Melanitis pyrrha hylecoetes Holland, 1890
SUBS Melanitis pyrrha oinoe Fruhstorfer, 1908

SPEC Melanitis velutina Felder & Felder, 1867

SUBS Melanitis velutina velutina Felder & Felder, 1867
SUBS Melanitis velutina panvila Fruhstorfer, 1911
SUBS Melanitis velutina gigantea Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis velutina ribbei Röber, 1887

SPEC Melanitis zitenius (Herbst, 1796)

ORIG Papilio zitenius Herbst, 1796

SUBS Melanitis zitenius zitenius (Herbst, 1796)
SUBS Melanitis zitenius kalinga Moore, 1894
SUBS Melanitis zitenius auletes Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis zitenius sumatranus Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis zitenius rufinus Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis zitenius niasicus Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis zitenius ambasara Moore, 1857
SUBS Melanitis zitenius gnophodes Butler, 1868
SUBS Melanitis zitenius zenon Fruhstorfer, 1908
SUBS Melanitis zitenius xantopthalmus Staudinger, 1889
SUBS Melanitis zitenius hainanensis Gu, 1994

GENU Parantirrhoea Wood-Mason, 1881

SPEC Parantirrhoea marshalli Wood-Mason, 1881

GENU Ducarmeia Pyrcz, 2020

SPEC Ducarmeia ansorgei (Rothschild, 1904)

GENU Gnophodes Doubleday, 1849

SPEC Gnophodes betsimena (Boisduval, 1833)
SPEC Gnophodes parmeno Doubleday, 1849
SPEC Gnophodes diversa (Butler, 1880)
SPEC Gnophodes grogani Sharpe, 1901
SPEC Gnophodes heroni Pyrcz & Collins, 2020

GENU Haydonia Pyrcz & Collins, 2020

SPEC Haydonia chelys (Fabricius, 1793)

ORIG Papilio chelys Fabricius, 1793

SPEC Haydonia pythia (Fabricius, 1793)

SSYN Gnophodes morpena Westwood, 1851

SPEC Haydonia harpa (Karsch, 1893)
SPEC Haydonia hassoni Pyrcz & Collins, 2020

GENU Manataria Kirby, 1904

SPEC Manataria hercyna (Hübner, 1821)

ORIG Tisiphone hercyna Hübner, 1821

SUBS Manataria hercyna hercyna (Hübner, 1821)
SUBS Manataria hercyna hyrnethia (Fruhstorfer, 1912)
SUBS Manataria hercyna distincta (Lathy, 1918)

SPEC Manataria maculata (Hopffer, 1874)

SUBS Manataria maculata maculata (Hopffer, 1874)
SUBS Manataria maculata daguana (Neustetter, 1929)

GENU Bletogona Felder & Felder, 1867

SPEC Bletogona mycalesis Felder & Felder, 1867

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