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Melanitis

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Melanitis
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Melanitis
Genus recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia NL, wikipedia NO, wikipedia SV, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Angola Species List, Australia Species List, Benin Species List, Chad Species List, China Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Germany Species List, Guam Species List, Guinea Species List, Hong Kong Species List, India Species List, Kenya Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Malaysia Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Myanmar Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Philippines Species List, Sao Tome and Principe Species List, Singapore Species List, South Sudan Species List, South Africa Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, Timor Leste Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Tonga Species List, Uganda Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Japan Species List, Indonesia Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia MS, NCBI, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia ES, wikipedia FR, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Melanitis Fabricius 1807
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, and GBIF data coverage

Alternative Names

Cyllo sepulta (Boisduval 1840)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cyllo Boisduval 1832
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Hipio Hübner
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Melanitis
Harvest ancestor according to GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, Mozambique Species List, iNaturalist, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group

Common Names

Arabic

سفعاء preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

暮眼蝶屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malayalam

മെലാനിറ്റിസ് preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

سفعاء preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Melanitis

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Amphiesmenoptera
Lepidoptera
Glossata
Coelolepida
Myoglossata
Neolepidoptera
Heteroneura
Eulepidoptera
Ditrysia
Apoditrysia
Obtectomera
Papilionoidea
Nymphalidae
Melanitis (this page)
Melanitis amabilis Boisduval 1832
Melanitis ansorgei Rothschild 1904
Melanitis atrax Felder 1863
Melanitis belinda Smith 1895
Melanitis boisduvalia Felder 1863
Melanitis constantia Cramer 1779
Melanitis leda Linnaeus 1758
Melanitis libya Distant 1882
Melanitis liukiuana Swinhoe 1915
Melanitis phedima Cramer 1782
Melanitis pyrrha Röber 1887
Melanitis velutina Felder 1867
Melanitis zitenius Herbst 1796
Aldania
Altopedaliodes
Anartia
Antopedaliodes
Apatura
Apaturopsis
Aphysoneura
Archeuptychia
Archimestra
Argynnis
Argyrophenga
Arhuaco
Atella
Batesia
Caligo
Calisto
Catagramma
Catargynnis
Catoblepia
Charaxes
Chersonesia
Chillanella
Coeruleotaygetis
Corades
Cosmosatyrus
Cybdelis
Cymatogramma
Cymothoe
Cyrestis
Dagon
Doxocopa
Drucina
Elymnias
Enispe
Erebia
Erebina
Euapatura
Euphydryas
Fabriciana
Faunula
Gnophodes
Godartiana
Greta
Gyrocheilus
Hallelesis
Herona
Higginsius
Hipparchia
Historis
Hyalyris
Hyantis
Hypanartia
Hypocysta
Ituna
Junea
Lethe
Mechanitis
Megeuptychia
Melanargia
Melitaea
Memphis
Meneris
Mesoacidalia
Mesotaenia
Methona
Muscopedaliodes
Nelia
Paititia
Pamperis
Paralethe
Parantirrhoea
Pardopsis
Parthenos
Paryphthimoides
Perisama
Phalanta
Pherepedaliodes
Praefaunala
Precis
Pseudocercyonis
Pseudodebis
Pseudonympha
Pteronymia
Punapedaliodes
Pycina
Pyronia
Rhodussa
Sais
Selenophanes
Siderone
Steremnia
Steroma
Taygetis
Temenis
Thaumantis
Thyridia
Tithorea
Vanessa
Vanessula
Ypthimorpha
418 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Papilionoidea
Nymphalidae
Satyrinae
Melanitini
Melanitis Fabricius 1807 (this page)
Melanitis amabilis (Boisduval 1832)
Melanitis ansorgei Rothschild 1904
Melanitis atrax (Felder 1863)
Melanitis belinda Smith 1895
Melanitis boisduvalia Felder 1863
Melanitis constantia Cramer 1779
Melanitis leda Linnaeus 1758
Melanitis libya Distant 1882
Melanitis liukiuana Swinhoe 1915
Melanitis phedima Cramer 1782
Melanitis pyrrha Röber 1887
Melanitis velutina Felder 1867
Melanitis zitenius Herbst 1796
Cyllogenes Butler 1868
Gnophodes Doubleday 1849
Parantirrhoea Wood-Mason 1881

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Melanitis (this page)
Melanitis amabilis Boisduval 1832
Melanitis ansorgei Rothschild 1904
Melanitis atrax Felder 1863
Melanitis belinda Smith 1895
Melanitis boisduvalia Felder 1863
Melanitis constantia Cramer 1779
Melanitis leda Linnaeus 1758
Melanitis libya Distant 1882
Melanitis liukiuana Swinhoe 1915
Melanitis phedima Cramer 1782
Melanitis pyrrha Röber 1887
Melanitis velutina Felder 1867
Melanitis zitenius Herbst 1796
Aldania
Altopedaliodes
Anartia
Antopedaliodes
Apatura
Apaturopsis
Aphysoneura
Archeuptychia
Archimestra
Argynnis
Argyrophenga
Arhuaco
Atella
Batesia
Caligo
Calisto
Catagramma
Catargynnis
Catoblepia
Charaxes
Chersonesia
Chillanella
Coeruleotaygetis
Corades
Cosmosatyrus
Cybdelis
Cymatogramma
Cymothoe
Cyrestis
Dagon
Doxocopa
Drucina
Elymnias
Enispe
Erebia
Erebina
Euapatura
Euphydryas
Fabriciana
Faunula
Gnophodes
Godartiana
Greta
Gyrocheilus
Hallelesis
Herona
Higginsius
Hipparchia
Historis
Hyalyris
Hyantis
Hypanartia
Hypocysta
Ituna
Junea
Lethe
Mechanitis
Megeuptychia
Melanargia
Melitaea
Memphis
Meneris
Mesoacidalia
Mesotaenia
Methona
Muscopedaliodes
Nelia
Paititia
Pamperis
Paralethe
Parantirrhoea
Pardopsis
Parthenos
Paryphthimoides
Perisama
Phalanta
Pherepedaliodes
Praefaunala
Precis
Pseudocercyonis
Pseudodebis
Pseudonympha
Pteronymia
Punapedaliodes
Pycina
Pyronia
Rhodussa
Sais
Selenophanes
Siderone
Steremnia
Steroma
Taygetis
Temenis
Thaumantis
Thyridia
Tithorea
Vanessa
Vanessula
Ypthimorpha
418 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Amphiesmenoptera
Lepidoptera
Glossata
Coelolepida
Myoglossata
Neolepidoptera
Heteroneura
Eulepidoptera
Ditrysia
Apoditrysia
Obtectomera
Papilionoidea
Nymphalidae
Melanitis (this page)
Melanitis amabilis Boisduval 1832
Melanitis ansorgei Rothschild 1904
Melanitis atrax Felder 1863
Melanitis belinda Smith 1895
Melanitis boisduvalia Felder 1863
Melanitis constantia Cramer 1779
Melanitis leda Linnaeus 1758
Melanitis libya Distant 1882
Melanitis liukiuana Swinhoe 1915
Melanitis phedima Cramer 1782
Melanitis pyrrha Röber 1887
Melanitis velutina Felder 1867
Melanitis zitenius Herbst 1796
Aldania
Altopedaliodes
Anartia
Antopedaliodes
Apatura
Apaturopsis
Aphysoneura
Archeuptychia
Archimestra
Argynnis
Argyrophenga
Arhuaco
Atella
Batesia
Caligo
Calisto
Catagramma
Catargynnis
Catoblepia
Charaxes
Chersonesia
Chillanella
Coeruleotaygetis
Corades
Cosmosatyrus
Cybdelis
Cymatogramma
Cymothoe
Cyrestis
Dagon
Doxocopa
Drucina
Elymnias
Enispe
Erebia
Erebina
Euapatura
Euphydryas
Fabriciana
Faunula
Gnophodes
Godartiana
Greta
Gyrocheilus
Hallelesis
Herona
Higginsius
Hipparchia
Historis
Hyalyris
Hyantis
Hypanartia
Hypocysta
Ituna
Junea
Lethe
Mechanitis
Megeuptychia
Melanargia
Melitaea
Memphis
Meneris
Mesoacidalia
Mesotaenia
Methona
Muscopedaliodes
Nelia
Paititia
Pamperis
Paralethe
Parantirrhoea
Pardopsis
Parthenos
Paryphthimoides
Perisama
Phalanta
Pherepedaliodes
Praefaunala
Precis
Pseudocercyonis
Pseudodebis
Pseudonympha
Pteronymia
Punapedaliodes
Pycina
Pyronia
Rhodussa
Sais
Selenophanes
Siderone
Steremnia
Steroma
Taygetis
Temenis
Thaumantis
Thyridia
Tithorea
Vanessa
Vanessula
Ypthimorpha
417 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Melanitis (this page)
Melanitis amabilis Boisduval 1832
Melanitis ansorgei Rothschild 1904
Melanitis atrax Felder 1863
Melanitis belinda Smith 1895
Melanitis boisduvalia Felder 1863
Melanitis constantia Cramer 1779
Melanitis leda Linnaeus 1758
Melanitis libya Distant 1882
Melanitis liukiuana Swinhoe 1915
Melanitis phedima Cramer 1782
Melanitis pyrrha Röber 1887
Melanitis velutina Felder 1867
Melanitis zitenius Herbst 1796
Aldania
Altopedaliodes
Anartia
Antopedaliodes
Apatura
Apaturopsis
Aphysoneura
Archeuptychia
Archimestra
Argynnis
Argyrophenga
Arhuaco
Atella
Batesia
Caligo
Calisto
Catagramma
Catargynnis
Catoblepia
Charaxes
Chersonesia
Chillanella
Coeruleotaygetis
Corades
Cosmosatyrus
Cybdelis
Cymatogramma
Cymothoe
Cyrestis
Dagon
Doxocopa
Drucina
Elymnias
Enispe
Erebia
Erebina
Euapatura
Euphydryas
Fabriciana
Faunula
Gnophodes
Godartiana
Greta
Gyrocheilus
Hallelesis
Herona
Higginsius
Hipparchia
Historis
Hyalyris
Hyantis
Hypanartia
Hypocysta
Ituna
Junea
Lethe
Mechanitis
Megeuptychia
Melanargia
Melitaea
Memphis
Meneris
Mesoacidalia
Mesotaenia
Methona
Muscopedaliodes
Nelia
Paititia
Pamperis
Paralethe
Parantirrhoea
Pardopsis
Parthenos
Paryphthimoides
Perisama
Phalanta
Pherepedaliodes
Praefaunala
Precis
Pseudocercyonis
Pseudodebis
Pseudonympha
Pteronymia
Punapedaliodes
Pycina
Pyronia
Rhodussa
Sais
Selenophanes
Siderone
Steremnia
Steroma
Taygetis
Temenis
Thaumantis
Thyridia
Tithorea
Vanessa
Vanessula
Ypthimorpha
418 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Nymphalidae
Melanitis Fabricius 1807 (this page)
Melanitis amabilis Boisduval 1832
Melanitis ansorgei Rothschild 1904
Melanitis atrax Felder 1863
Melanitis belinda Smith 1895
Melanitis boisduvalia Felder 1863
Melanitis constantia Cramer 1779
Melanitis leda Linnaeus 1758
Melanitis libya Distant 1882
Melanitis liukiuana Swinhoe 1915
Melanitis phedima Cramer 1782
Melanitis pyrrha Röber 1887
Melanitis velutina Felder 1867
Melanitis zitenius Herbst 1796
Aglais Dalman 1816
Amiga
Anartia Hübner 1819
Apaturina Herrich-Schäffer 1864
Apsithra Moore 1899
Archeuptychia Forster 1964
Arethusana De Lesse 1951
Argestina Riley 1923
Atella Doubleday 1847
Atlantea Higgins 1959
Berberia De Lesse 1951
Bletogona Felder & Felder 1867
Brakefieldia
Byblia Hübner 1819
Caenoptychia
Caeruleuptychia Forster 1964
Castilia Higgins 1981
Ceratinia Hübner 1816
Childrena Hemming 1943
Chloreuptychia Forster 1964
Clossiana Reuss 1920
Crenidomimas Karsch 1894
Cybdelis Boisduval 1836
Dagon Higgins 1981
Dira Hübner 1819
Discophora Boisduval 1836
Dodonidia Butler 1884
Doxocopa Hübner 1819
Drucina Butler 1872
Dryas Hübner 1807
Elzunia Bryk 1937
Eolimenitis Kurentsov 1950
Eteona Doubleday 1848
Euphydryas Scudder 1872
Euptoieta E. Doubleday 1848
Euptychiina
Euripus Doubleday 1848
Euryphura Staudinger 1891
Eurytela Boisduval 1833
Faunis Hübner 1819
Foetterleia
Fountainea Rydon 1971
Garsauritis D' Almeida 1938
Gnathotriche Felder & Felder 1862
Gnathotrusia Higgins 1981
Gnophodes Doubleday 1849
Godardia Lucas 1842
Graphita
Greta Hemming 1934
Haywardella Herrera 1966
Haywardina
Heteropsis Westwood 1850
Hypanartia Hübner 1821
Hypanis
Idea Fabricius 1807
Idioneurula Strand 1932
Lamprolenis Godman & Salvin 1881
Mashuna van Son 1955
Meneris Westwood 1850
Mesoacidalia Reuss 1926
Mestra Hübner 1825
Miraleria Haensch 1903
Moneuptychia Forster 1964
Mycalesis Hübner 1818
Napeogenes Bates 1862
Narope Doubleday 1849
Nhambikuara
Oeneis Hübner 1819
Orinoma Doubleday 1846
Pampasatyrus Hayward 1953
Pamperis Heimlich 1959
Panarche Thieme 1907
Panyapedaliodes Forster 1964
Paralethe van Son 1955
Parantirrhoea Wood-Mason 1881
Parapedaliodes Forster 1964
Pararge Hübner 1819
Phalanta Horsfield 1829
Phantos
Philaethria Billberg 1820
Pieridopsis Rothschild & Jordan 1905
Pindis Felder 1869
Placidina
Polyura Billberg 1820
Praefaunala Forster 1964
Praefaunula
Pseudacraea Westwood 1850
Punargentus Heimlich 1963
Sea Hayward 1950
Sepona
Smerina Hewitson 1874
Stibochiona Butler 1869
Tarsocera Butler 1899
Tisiphone Hübner 1819
Torynesis Butler 1899
Vagrans Hemming 1934
Zabirnia Hewitson 1877
Zethera Felder 1861
Zipaetis Hewitson 1863
Zischkaia Förster 1964
534 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Mandibulata
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Neoptera
Holometabola
Amphiesmenoptera
Lepidoptera
Glossata
Neolepidoptera
Heteroneura
Ditrysia
Obtectomera
Papilionoidea
Nymphalidae
Satyrinae
Melanitini
Melanitis (this page)
Melanitis leda
Melanitis phedima
Cyllogenes
Gnophodes
Manataria

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Metapterygota
Neoptera
Eumetabola
Endopterygota
Lepidoptera
Glossata
Coelolepida
Myoglossata
Neolepidoptera
Heteroneura
Eulepidoptera
Ditrysia
Apoditrysia
Obtectomera
Papilionoidea
Nymphalidae
Satyrinae
Melanitini
Melanitis (this page)
Melanitis abdullae
Melanitis aculeata
Melanitis africana
Melanitis amabilis
Melanitis ambasara
Melanitis ampa
Melanitis andamanica
Melanitis angulata
Melanitis anisakana
Melanitis ansorgei
Melanitis arcensia
Melanitis asakurae
Melanitis aswa
Melanitis aswina
Melanitis atrax
Melanitis auletes
Melanitis autumnalis
Melanitis bankia
Melanitis batjana
Melanitis bazilana
Melanitis bela
Melanitis belinda
Melanitis bernardi
Melanitis bethami
Melanitis boisduvalia
Melanitis bouruana
Melanitis buruana
Melanitis cajetana
Melanitis carales
Melanitis celebicola
Melanitis clya
Melanitis constantia
Melanitis crameri
Melanitis crimisa
Melanitis cristobali
Melanitis cruentula
Melanitis dampierensis
Melanitis decolorata
Melanitis depicta
Melanitis desperatat
Melanitis despoliata
Melanitis destitans
Melanitis determinata
Melanitis dictatrix
Melanitis dominans
Melanitis druryodana
Melanitis enganica
Melanitis erichsonia
Melanitis ernita
Melanitis fulvescens
Melanitis fulvinotata
Melanitis galkissa
Melanitis ganapati
Melanitis geluna
Melanitis gigantea
Melanitis gnophodes
Melanitis gokala
Melanitis grisescens
Melanitis gylippa
Melanitis helena
Melanitis hopkinsi
Melanitis hylecoetes
Melanitis inoculata
Melanitis insulicola
Melanitis intermedia
Melanitis ismene
Melanitis ismenides
Melanitis jobina
Melanitis kajelana
Melanitis kalinga
Melanitis kapura
Melanitis kiriwinae
Melanitis lacrima
Melanitis leda
Melanitis levuna
Melanitis libya
Melanitis linga
Melanitis liukiuana
Melanitis lucillus
Melanitis meforica
Melanitis microphthalma
Melanitis miniscula
Melanitis moluccarum
Melanitis morosa
Melanitis musckata
Melanitis mycena
Melanitis niasicus
Melanitis nigrimaculata
Melanitis niyaga
Melanitis nuwara
Melanitis nyassae
Melanitis obiana
Melanitis obsolescens
Melanitis obsoleta
Melanitis offaka
Melanitis oinoe
Melanitis ottensis
Melanitis palawanica
Melanitis palliata
Melanitis panvila
Melanitis patra
Melanitis phedima
Melanitis pinheyi
Melanitis pitya
Melanitis plagiata
Melanitis polishana
Melanitis pompeja
Melanitis ponapensis
Melanitis pseudaswa
Melanitis pyrrha
Melanitis ribbei
Melanitis rufinus
Melanitis saipanensis
Melanitis salapia
Melanitis salomonis
Melanitis semifasciata
Melanitis semioculata
Melanitis simessa
Melanitis solandra
Melanitis sumati
Melanitis sumatranus
Melanitis sumbana
Melanitis suyudana
Melanitis taitensis
Melanitis tambra
Melanitis tristis
Melanitis vada
Melanitis valentina
Melanitis vamana
Melanitis varaha
Melanitis velutina
Melanitis violetta
Melanitis xanthophthalmus
Melanitis zenon
Melanitis zitenides
Melanitis zitenius
Gnophodes
Manataria
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