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Melanis
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Melanis

Melanis is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present in the Neotropical ecozone.

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31 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Red-bordered Pixie

speciesMelanis pixe

White-tipped Metalmark

speciesMelanis acroleuca

Orange-barred Pixie

speciesMelanis electron

White-rayed Metalmark

speciesMelanis cephise

Smith's Pixie

speciesMelanis smithiae

Melanis aegates

speciesMelanis aegates

Melanis leucophlegma

speciesMelanis leucophlegma

Melanis xenia

speciesMelanis xenia

Melanis marathon

speciesMelanis marathon

Melanis unxia

speciesMelanis unxia

Melanis hodia

speciesMelanis hodia

Melanis hillapana

speciesMelanis hillapana

Melanis cinaron

speciesMelanis cinaron

Melanis alena

speciesMelanis alena

Melanis passiena

speciesMelanis passiena

Melanis cercopes

speciesMelanis cercopes

Melanis melaniae

speciesMelanis melaniae

Melanis vidali

speciesMelanis vidali

Melanis volusia

speciesMelanis volusia

Melanis seleukia

speciesMelanis seleukia

Melanis melandra

speciesMelanis melandra

Melanis herminae

speciesMelanis herminae

Melanis opites

speciesMelanis opites

Forgotten Metalmark

speciesMelanis gynaeceas

Melanis lioba

speciesMelanis lioba

Melanis lycea

speciesMelanis lycea

Melanis caatingensis

speciesMelanis caatingensis

Melanis extoraz

speciesMelanis extoraz

Melanis yeda

speciesMelanis yeda

Melanis weissi

speciesMelanis weissi

Melanis sexpunctata

speciesMelanis sexpunctata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 148874.