Melanis

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

Species

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