Checkerspot

Melitaeini are a group of Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies. Usually classified as a tribe (biology), tribe of the Nymphalinae, they are sometimes raised to subfamily status as Melitaeinae. Common names include the highly ambiguous List of fritillaries (butterflies), fritillaries (also used for some Heliconiinae), checkerspots, crescents, or crescentspots, and some genus-specific names.

Genera

The 20–25 genera of Melitaeini are divided among five subtribes; some species are also listed. The subtribes, in the presumed phylogenetic sequence, are:See references in Savela (2010)

Subtribe Euphydryina
* ''Euphydryas'' – fritillaries, checkerspots
Subtribe Melitaeina
* ''Melitaea'' – fritillaries (including ''Didymaeformis'', ''Mellicta'')
Subtribe Chlosynina
* ''Antillea'' Higgins, [1959]
* ''Atlantea'' Higgins, [1959]
* ''Chlosyne'' – checkerspots, patches
* ''Dymasia'' Higgins, 1960
* ''Higginsius'' Hemming, 1964 (tentatively placed here; Gnathotrichina?)
* ''Microtia (butterfly), Microtia'' Bates, 1864
* ''Poladryas'' Bauer, 1975
* ''Texola (butterfly), Texola'' Higgins, 1959 – checkerspots
** ''Texola elada'' – Elada checkerspot
Subtribe Gnathotrichina
* ''Gnathotriche'' C. & R. Felder, 1862

Subtribe Phyciodina
* ''Anthanassa'' Scudder, 1875 – crescents, crescentspots
** ''Anthanassa ardys'' – Ardys crescent
** ''Anthanassa frisia'' – Cuban crescent, Cuban crescentspot
* ''Castilia (butterfly), Castilia'' Higgins, 1981
* ''Dagon (butterfly), Dagon'' Higgins, 1981
* ''Eresia (butterfly), Eresia'' Boisduval, 1836
* ''Janatella'' Higgins, 1981
* ''Mazia'' Higgins, 1981
* ''Ortilia'' Higgins, 1981
* ''Phyciodes'' – crescents, crescentspots
* ''Phystis'' Higgins, 1981
* ''Tegosa'' Higgins, 1981
** ''Tegosa anieta''
* ''Telenassa'' Higgins, 1981
* ''Tisona'' Higgins, 1981

Footnotes

References

* Savela, Markku (2010): ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' &ndash
Melitaeini
Version of 30 June 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2011.

Melitaeini,
Nymphalinae
Butterfly tribes

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