Melinaea ludovica

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

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| image = Melinaea ludovica ludovica MHNT dos.jpg

| image_caption = Dorsal view

| image2 = Melinaea ludovica ludovica MHNT ventre.jpg

| image2_caption = Ventral view

| taxon = Melinaea ludovica

| authority = (Cramer, [1780])[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/danainae/melinaea/ "Melinaea Hübner, 1816"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

| synonyms =

  • Papilio ludovica Cramer, [1780]
  • Papilio egina Cramer, [1777]

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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