Melanargiina
Melanargia
Arge , Agapetes , Ledargia , Halimede , Lachesis , Parce , Argeformia
Andrew V. Z. Brower
- Melanargia galathea
- Melanargia arge
- Melanargia asiatica
- Melanargia epimede
- Melanargia evartianae
- Melanargia ganymedes
- Melanargia halimede
- Melanargia hylata
- Melanargia ines
- Melanargia lachesis
- Melanargia larissa
- Melanargia leda
- Melanargia lugens
- Melanargia meridionalis
- Melanargia occitanica
- Melanargia parce
- Melanargia pherusa
- Melanargia russiae
- Melanargia teneates
Introduction
For the time being, the subtribe Melanargiina contains only the genus Melanargia. This is an unusual genus of satyrines–the adults are white with contrasting black wing veins and markings. Melanargia is distributed from Europe and north Africa to Japan.
References
Miller LD. 1968. The higher classification, phylogeny and zoogeography of the Satyridae (Lepidoptera). Mem. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 24: 1-174.
Tuzov VK, Bogdanov PV, Devyatkin AL, Kaabak LV, Korolev VA, Murzin VS, Samodurov GD, and Tarasov EA. 1997. Guide to the butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Pensoft, Sofia.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Melanargia galathea |
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| Location | Stockton Cuttings, Warwickshire, England, UK |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Marbled White - Melanargia galathea |
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| Copyright | © 2006 Walwyn |
| Scientific Name | Melanargia lachesis |
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| Location | Seia, Guarda, Portugal |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Melanargia lachesis (Hübner, [1790]) |
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| Copyright | © 2006 Carlos Franquinho |
| Scientific Name | Melanargia galathea |
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| Location | Stockton Cuttings, Warwickshire, England, UK |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Marbled White - Melanargia galathea |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2006 Walwyn |
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