Melanitis

Melanitis is a genus of butterflies from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.

Species

• Melanitis amabilis <small>(Boisduval, 1832)</small>
• Melanitis ansorgei <small>Rothschild, 1904</small> – blue evening brown
• Melanitis atrax <small>C. & R. Felder, 1863</small>
• Melanitis belinda <small>Grose-Smith, 1895</small>
• Melanitis boisduvalia <small>C. & R. Felder, 1863</small>
• Melanitis constantia <small>(Cramer, [1777])</small>
• Melanitis leda <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> – common evening brown
• Melanitis libya <small>Distant, 1882</small> – violet-eyed evening brown
• Melanitis phedima <small>(Cramer, [1780])</small> – dark evening brown
• Melanitis pyrrha <small>Röber, 1887</small>
• Melanitis velutina <small>(C. & R. Felder, [1867])</small>
• Melanitis zitenius <small>(Herbst, 1796)</small> – great evening brown

References

• "Melanitis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms