Melinaea mneme

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| taxon = Melinaea mneme

| authority = (Linnaeus, 1763)

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  • Papilio mneme Linnaeus, 1763
  • Mechanitis polymnia Aurivillius, 1882

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Melinaea mneme is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1763. It is found in South America.{{cite web | url=http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/melinaea_m_mneme_types.htm | title=Melinaea m. mneme (Linnaeus, 1763)| work=Butterflies of America | accessdate=2 July 2020}}{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=August 26, 2017 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/danainae/melinaea/#mneme |title=Melinaea mneme (Linnaeus, 1763) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=July 4, 2020}}{{LepIndex |id=150259 |accessdate=July 4, 2020}}

Subspecies

  • Melinaea mneme mneme (Suriname, Guianas)
  • Melinaea mneme mauensis Weymer, 1891 (Brazil)

References