Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Astictopterini
Genus: Melphinyet
Species:
M. eala –
M. flavina –
M. statirides –
M. tarace –
M. unistriga
Name
Melphinyet Larsen, 2012
Gender: Feminine.
Type species: Melphina tarace flavina Evans, 1937ː 164, by original designation.
References
- Cong, Q., Zhang, J., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0731: 1–56. Zoobank. Reference page.
- Evans, W.H. 1937. A Catalogue of the African Hesperiidae: indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History) 1–212. Reference page.
- Larsen, T.B. 2012. Taxonomy of the Afrotropical genus Melphina Evans and the description of two new genera: Melphinyet and Noctulana (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae, incertae sedis). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 22(1): 16–23. Reference page.