The Melanitini (evening browns and relatives) are one of the smaller

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...

s of the Satyrinae in the

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

(brush-footed

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...

)

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

. They contain the following genera: * ''

Aeropetes ''Aeropetes'' is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. Its only species, ''Aeropetes tulbaghia'', is commonly known as the Table Mountain beauty or mountain pride. It is native to southern Africa, where it occurs in South Africa ...

'' Billberg, 1820 - sometimes placed in

Satyrini The Satyrini is one of the tribes of the subfamily Satyrinae. It includes about 2200 species and is therefore the largest tribe in the subfamily which comprises 2500 species. Distribution Satyrini butterflies have a worldwide distribution, bu ...

* '' Aphysoneura'' Karsch, 1894 - sometimes placed in Elymniini * '' Cyllogenes'' Butler, 1868 * ''

Gnophodes ''Gnophodes'' is a genus of butterflies from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the super ...

'' Doubleday, 1849 * '' Manataria'' W.F. Kirby, 902/small> * ''

Melanitis ''Melanitis'' is a genus of butterflies from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. Species *'' Melanitis amabilis'' (Boisduval, 1832) *'' Melanitis ansorgei'' Rothschild, 1904 – blue evening brown *'' Melanitis atrax'' C. & R. Fel ...

'' Fabricius, 1807 * ''

Paralethe ''Paralethe'' is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. Its one species ''Paralethe dendrophilus'', the bush beauty or forest pride is found in South Africa. The wingspan is 45–60 mm for males and 48–70 mm for femal ...

'' van Son, 1955 - sometimes placed in

* '' Parantirrhoea'' Wood-Mason, 1881

References

Satyrinae Taxa named by Enzio Reuter Butterfly tribes {{Satyrinae-stub