Melanitis
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Melanitis is a butterfly
genus
from the subfamily Satyrinae
in the family Nymphalidae
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Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
from the subfamily Satyrinae
Satyrinae
Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the Browns, is a subfamily of the Nymphalidae . They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known diversity of brush-footed butterflies...
in the family Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
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Species
- Melanitis amabilis (Boisduval, 1832)
- Melanitis ansorgei Rothschild, 1904
- Melanitis atrax C. & R. Felder, 1863
- Melanitis belinda Grose-Smith, 1895
- Melanitis boisduvalia C. & R. Felder, 1863
- Melanitis constantia (Cramer, [1777])
- Melanitis ledaMelanitis ledaMelanitis leda, the Common Evening Brown, is a common species of butterfly found flying at dusk. The flight of this species is erratic. They are found in Africa, South Asia and South-east Asia extending to parts of Australia.-Description:...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Melanitis libya Distant, 1882
- Melanitis phedimaMelanitis phedimaThe Dark Evening Brown is a species of butterfly found flying at dusk. The flight of this species is erratic. They are found in South Asia.-Food plants:...
(Cramer, [1780]) - Melanitis pyrrha Röber, 1887
- Melanitis velutina (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
- Melanitis ziteniusMelanitis ziteniusThe Great Evening Brown Melanitis zitenius is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Asia. The species is crepuscular.-Description:Wet-season form....
(Herbst, 1796)