Species of butterfly
Enantia melite
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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Class:
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Insecta
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Order:
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Lepidoptera
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Family:
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Pieridae
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Genus:
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Enantia
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Species:
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E. melite
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Binomial name
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Enantia melite
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Synonyms
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- Papilio melite Linnaeus, 1763
- Leptalis melite
- Dismorphia melite
- Papilio licinia Cramer, [1777]
- Papilio phronima Fabricius, 1793
- Dismorphia colon Röber, 1909
- Phalaena heteroclita Linnaeus, 1763 (nom. dub.)
- Dismorphia theugenis ab. immaculata Zischka, 1951
- Dismorphia theugenis ab. flavimaculata Zischka, 1951
- Dismorphia theugenis ab. continuescens Zischka, 1951
- Dismorphia melite defigurata Martin, [1923] (nom. nud.)
- Dismorphia theugenis ab. juncta Dufrane, 1947
- Enantia theugenis zischkai Baumann & Reissinger, 1969
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Enantia melite is a species of butterfly that is found from Central America to the Amazon Basin.[1] It has a wingspan of 48–52 millimetres (1.9–2.0 in), and is very variable.[1] It lives in cloud forest and transitional forest, at altitudes of 400–1,800 metres (1,300–5,900 ft).[2]
Subspecies
- E. m. melite (Surinam)
- E. m. theugenis (Doubleday, 1848) (Bolivia, Peru)
- E. m. linealis (Prüffer, 1922) (Peru)
- E. m. vilma Lamas, 2004 (Brazil: Rondônia)
Gallery
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E. m. melite male
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E. m. melite female
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E. m. theugenis
References
External links
Data related to Enantia melite at Wikispecies