Melinaea ludovica

Melinaea ludovica
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melinaea
Species: M. ludovica
Binomial name
Melinaea ludovica
(Cramer, [1780])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio ludovica Cramer, [1780]
  • Papilio egina Cramer, [1777]

Melinaea ludovica is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in South America.

Subspecies

  • Melinaea ludovica ludovica (Suriname, Guianas)
  • Melinaea ludovica paraiya Reakirt, 1866 (Amazon, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina)
  • Melinaea ludovica manuelito Tessmann, 1928 (Peru)

References

  1. ↑ "Melinaea Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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