Melanis is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present in the Neotropical realm.
Species
- Melanis aegates <small>(Hewitson, 1874)</small>
- M. a. aegates present in Bolivia
- M. a. albugo <small>(Stichel, 1910)</small> present in Paraguay
- M. a. araguaya <small>(Seitz, 1913)</small> present in Brazil
- M. a. cretiplaga <small>(Stichel, 1910)</small> present in Paraguay and Argentina
- M. a. lilybaeus <small>(Stichel, 1926)</small> present in Brazil
- M. a. limbata <small>(Stichel, 1925)</small> present in Brazil
- M. a. melliplaga <small>(Stichel, 1910)</small> present in French Guiana and Suriname
- Melanis alena <small>(Hewitson, 1870)</small> present in Brazil
- Melanis boyi <small>(Stichel, 1923)</small> present in Brazil
- Melanis cephise <small>(Ménétriés, 1855)</small>
- M. c. cephise present in Nicaragua and Mexico
- M. c. acroleuca <small>(R. Felder, 1869)</small> present in Mexico
- M. c. huasteca <small>J. & A. White, 1989</small> present in Mexico
- Melanis cercopes <small>(Hewitson, 1874)</small> present in Bolivia
- Melanis cinaron <small>(C. & R. Felder, 1861)</small> present in Colombia, Brazil and Peru
- Melanis cratia <small>(Hewitson, 1870)</small>
- Melanis electron <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
- M. e. electron present in French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela
- M. e. auriferax <small>(Stichel, 1910)</small> present in Brazil
- M. e. epijarbas <small>(Staudinger, 1888)</small> present in Brazil
- M. e. herellus <small>(Snellen, 1887)</small> present in Curaçao
- M. e. melantho <small>(Ménétriés, 1855)</small> present in Panama, Guatemala and Nicaragua
- M. e. pronostriga <small>(Stichel, 1910)</small> present in Colombia and Brazil
- M. e. rabuscula <small>(Stichel, 1910)</small> present in Brazil and Peru
- Melanis herminae <small>(Zikán, 1952)</small> present in Brazil
- Melanis hillapana <small>(Röber, 1904)</small>
- M. h. hillapana present in Bolivia and Peru
- M. h. corinna <small>(Zikán, 1952)</small> present in Brazil
- M. h. cratippa <small>(Seitz, 1913)</small> present in Brazil
- M. h. impura <small>(Stichel, 1910)</small>
- Melanis hodia <small>(Butler, 1870)</small> present in Venezuela
- Melanis leucophlegma <small>(Stichel, 1910)</small> present in Peru
- Melanis lioba <small>(Zikán, 1952)</small> present in Brazil
- Melanis lycea <small>Hübner, 1823</small> present in Brazil
- Melanis marathon <small>(C. & R. Felder, [1865])</small>
- M. m. marathon present in Venezuela and Colombia
- M. m. assimulata <small>(Stichel, 1910)</small> present in Colombia
- M. m. charon <small>(Butler, 1874)</small> present in Brazil
- M. m. stenotaenia <small>Röber, 1904</small> present in Peru
- Melanis melandra <small>Hübner, [1819]</small> present in Suriname
- Melanis melaniae <small>(Stichel, 1930)</small> present in Brazil
- Melanis opites <small>(Hewitson, 1875)</small> present in Brazil
- Melanis passiena <small>(Hewitson, 1870)</small> present in Colombia
- Melanis pixe <small>(Boisduval, [1836])</small>
- M. p. pixe present in the US at Texas and Mexico
- M. p. corvina <small>(Stichel, 1910)</small> present in Colombia
- M. p. sanguinea <small>(Stichel, 1910)</small> present in Panama and Costa Rica
- Melanis seleukia <small>(Stichel, 1910)</small> present in Brazil
- Melanis smithiae <small>(Westwood, 1851)</small>
- M. s. smithiae present in Bolivia and Brazil
- M. s. xarifa <small>(Hewitson, [1853])</small> present in Colombia and Venezuela
- Melanis unxia <small>(Hewitson, [1853])</small> present in Brazil
- Melanis vidali <small>(Dognin, 1891)</small> present in Ecuador
- Melanis volusia <small>(Hewitson, [1853])</small> present in Brazil
- Melanis xenia <small>(Hewitson, [1853])</small>
- M. x. xenia present in Brazil
- M. x. ambryllis <small>(Hewitson, 1874)</small> present in Paraguay and Bolivia
- Melanis yeda <small>(Zikán, 1952)</small> present in Brazil
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