Melphina

Melphina
Melphina statirides, figure 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Megathymini
Genus:	Melphina Evans, 1937

Melphina is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Melphina evansi Berger, 1974
• Melphina flavina Lindsey & Miller, 1965
• Melphina hulstaerti Berger, 1974
• Melphina malthina (Hewitson, 1876)
• Melphina maximiliani Belcastro & Larsen, 2005
• Melphina melphis (Holland, 1894)
• Melphina noctula (Druce, 1909)
• Melphina statira (Mabille, 1891)
• Melphina statirides (Holland, 1896)
• Melphina tarace (Mabille, 1891)
• Melphina unistriga (Holland, 1893)

References

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External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 78 h