Melete (genus)
Encyclopedia
Melete is a genus
of butterflies
in the family
Pieridae
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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...
of butterflies
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...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Pieridae
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...
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Species
- Melete calymnia (Felder, C & R Felder, 1862)
- Melete leucadia (Felder, C & R Felder, 1862)
- Melete leucanthe (Felder, C & R Felder, 1861)
- Melete lycimniaMelete lycimniaMelete lycimnia, the Common Melwhite, Primrose Flag or Lycimnia White Flag, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from Texas to Bolivia. The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.The wingspan is...
(Cramer, 1777) - Melete polyhymnia (Felder, C & R Felder, 1865)
- Melete salaciaMelete salaciaMelete salacia is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Mexico and on Hispaniola and Cuba. The habitat consists of mesic hardwood forests.The length of the forewings is for males and for females...
(Godart, 1819)