Melanitis phedima (Cramer, [1780])

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Satyrinae → tribe Melanitini → genus Melanitis → species Melanitis phedima

Species name(s)

Melanitis phedima (Cramer, [1780]) = Papilio phedima Cramer, [1780] = Melanitis suyudana Moore, 1857 = Melanitis bethami de Nicéville, 1887 = Melanitis phedima muskata Fruhstorfer, 1908 = Cyllo aswa Moore, 1865 = Cyllo fulvescens Felder, 1867. [9, 187]

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Subspecies of Melanitis phedima

Melanitis phedima abdullae Distant, 1883. [9]
M. p. bela Moore, 1857. [9]
M. p. enganica Fruhstorfer, 1911. [9]
M. p. galkissa Fruhstorfer, 1911. [9]
M. p. ganapati Fruhstorfer, 1908. [9]
M. p. gokala Moore, 1857. [9]
M. p. linga Fruhstorfer, 1908. [9]
M. p. morosa Corbet, 1942. [187]
M. p. nuwara Fruhstorfer, 1911. [9]
M. p. phedima. [9]
M. p. polishana Fruhstorfer, 1908. [9]
M. p. sumati Fruhstorfer, 1908. [9]
M. p. tambra Moore, [1880]. [9]
M. p. varaha Moore, 1857. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org

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