Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Order Lepidoptera > Superfamily Papilionoidea > Family Nymphalidae > Subfamily Melitaeinae > Tribe Melitaeini

Melitaea Fabricius, 1807

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Athaliaeformis Vérity, 1950 generic synonym
Cinclidia Hübner, 1818 generic synonym
Didymaeformis Vérity, 1950 generic synonym
Mellicta Billberg, 1820 generic synonym

Children

Melitaea aetherie (Hübner, 1826)
Melitaea arduinna (Esper, 1783)
Melitaea asteria Freyer, 1828
Melitaea athalia (Rottemburg, 1775)
Melitaea aurelia Nickerl, 1850
Melitaea britomartis Assmann, 1847
Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melitaea deione (Geyer, 1832)
Melitaea diamina (Lang, 1789)
Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778)
Melitaea parthenoides Keferstein, 1851
Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Melitaea punica Oberthür, 1876
Melitaea telona Frühstorfer, 1908
Melitaea trivia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Melitaea varia Meyer-Dür, 1851

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Citation

van Nieukerken, Dr Erik J. Karsholt, Dr Ole. Melitaea Fabricius, 1807. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/34d5f583-7780-44f5-b46a-502892bdf32b

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Occurrence

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by van Nieukerken, Dr Erik J. Karsholt, Dr Ole & by Verovnik, Rudi & Wiemers, Martin Vliegenthart, Albert

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