Melinaea is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

Melinaea
M. lilis sola, Trinidad
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Ithomiini
Genus: Melinaea
Hübner, 1816
Species

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Synonyms
  • Melinaea Bates, 1862
  • Czakia Kremky, 1925

Species

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Arranged alphabetically:[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Melinaea Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms