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Taxa in this genus:
MELLICTA Billberg 1820 - Valid Name
* ATHALIAEFORMIA Verity 1950 - Junior subjective synonym
alatauica Staudinger 1881 - Valid Name
* alatauica Fruhstorfer 1919 - Junior subjective synonym
* fruhstorferi Wnukowsky 1929 - Junior subjective synonym
* sibirica Seitz 1909 - Junior subjective synonym
asteria Freyer 1828 - Valid Name
* asteriae Herrich-Schäffer 1843 - Junior subjective synonym
mevania Fruhstorfer 1910 - Valid Name
* obscura Hospital 1923 - Junior subjective synonym
athalia von Rottemburg 1775 - Valid Name
aceras Hormuzaki 1911 - Valid Name
* alba Rehfous 1905 - Junior subjective synonym
* alpestris Vorbrodt 1928 - Junior subjective synonym
ambigua Ménétriés 1859 - Valid Name
anatolica Wagner 1929 - Valid Name
* aphaea Hübner 1814/16 - Junior subjective synonym
* aquilari Querci 1932 - Junior subjective synonym
aranensis de Sagarra 1930 - Valid Name
asiae Verity 1940 - Valid Name
* asiaefrigida Verity 1940 - Junior subjective synonym
asteriades de Selys-Longchamps 1857 - Valid Name
athalioides Turati & Verity 1911 - Valid Name
atrovittata Turati & Verity 1911 - Valid Name
athalides Verity 1919 - Valid Name
aterrimevittata Verity 1920 - Valid Name
* bathilda Fruhstorfer 1923 - Junior subjective synonym
benacensis Verity 1940 - Valid Name
* biedermanni Querci 1932 - Junior subjective synonym
* bifasciata Reverdin 1914 - Junior subjective synonym
* borealis Lindström 1929 - Junior subjective synonym
boris Fruhstorfer 1917 - Valid Name
britanna Verity 1914 - Valid Name
* caucasica Staudinger 1871 - Junior subjective synonym
celadussa Fruhstorfer 1910 - Valid Name
caucasogenita Verity 1930 - Valid Name
* cinxiodictynnoides Stauder 1922 - Junior subjective synonym
* cinnamomea Vorbrodt & Müller-Rutz 1917 - Junior subjective synonym
* commacula Caruel 1944 - Junior subjective synonym
* conica Matsumura 1929 - Junior subjective synonym
* corythallia Hübner 1790 - Junior subjective synonym
* crassepicta Verity 1940 - Junior subjective synonym
deioneformis Verity 1914 - Valid Name
cymothoe Bertolini 1829 - Valid Name
* csikii Aigner-Abafi 1906 - Junior subjective synonym
dejonides Wagner 1918 - Valid Name
delminia Fruhstorfer 1910 - Valid Name
diaminoides Verity 1940 - Valid Name
* dictynnaesimilis Verity 1930 - Junior subjective synonym
* demarginata Caruel 1944 - Junior subjective synonym
* dictynnoides Fruhstorfer 1917 - Junior subjective synonym
divergens Rocci 1930 - Valid Name
* dorfmeisteri Hellweger 1911 - Junior subjective synonym
* eos Haworth 1803 - Junior subjective synonym
* evittata Storace 1943 - Junior subjective synonym
* fallax Hormuzaki 1925 - Junior subjective synonym
fennica Petersen 1947 - Valid Name
evittata Verity 1916 - Valid Name
* hertha Quensel 1791 - Junior subjective synonym
hisopa de Selys-Longchamps 1837 - Valid Name
* iberagigas Verity 1930 - Junior subjective synonym
hispanica Wnukowsky 1929 - Valid Name
* fulla Quensel 1791 - Junior subjective synonym
* funesta Stauder 1922 - Junior subjective synonym
hastensis Rocci 1932 - Valid Name
helvetica Rühl 1888 - Valid Name
* fennica Reuter 1893 - Junior subjective synonym
fiorii Rocci 1932 - Valid Name
* flavescens Matsumura 1929 - Junior subjective synonym
* flavoelongata Caruel 1944 - Junior subjective synonym
* iberica Staudinger 1901 - Junior subjective synonym
illyrica Stauder 1914 - Valid Name
* indigna Cabeau 1922 - Junior subjective synonym
* kenteana Seitz 1909 - Junior subjective synonym
lachares Fruhstorfer 1923 - Valid Name
* latonigena Spuler 1901 - Junior subjective synonym
lepontica Rütimeyer 1943 - Valid Name
* leucippe Schneider 1789 - Junior subjective synonym
* leucophana Cabeau 1912 - Junior subjective synonym
* ligata Caruel 1944 - Junior subjective synonym
limera Fruhstorfer 1917 - Valid Name
limeraparthenoidemima Verity 1939 - Valid Name
luciflua Fruhstorfer 1917 - Valid Name
lucifuga Fruhstorfer 1917 - Valid Name
* mandschurica Fixsen 1887 - Junior subjective synonym
maxima Turati 1912 - Valid Name
maximaeformis Rocci 1930 - Valid Name
* mayi Gunder 1929 - Junior subjective synonym
mehadiensis Gerhard 1882 - Valid Name
melangraphata Beuret 1933 - Valid Name
* melanina Herrich-Schäffer 1847/50 - Junior subjective synonym
* x melicerta Pfützner 1873 - Hybrid
melida Fruhstorfer 1923 - Valid Name
microdelminia Verity 1940 - Valid Name
* mirabilis Fernández 1929 - Junior subjective synonym
* mirefasciata Cabeau 1923 - Junior subjective synonym
mixtaceladussa Verity 1940 - Valid Name
mixtalpicola Verity 1940 - Valid Name
* navarina de Selys-Longchamps 1837 - Junior subjective synonym
navarina Cappel 1899 - Valid Name
* murakumo Haruta 1940 - Junior subjective synonym
* molpadia Varin 1933 - Junior subjective synonym
nevadensis Oberthür 1904 - Valid Name
* nigrathalia Johnstone 1944 - Junior subjective synonym
* nigrobella Rocci 1942 - Junior subjective synonym
* nigriornea Lempke 1955 - Junior subjective synonym
* nigromarginata Lempke 1955 - Junior subjective synonym
* niphona Butler 1878 - Junior subjective synonym
* nigropunctata Caruel 1944 - Junior subjective synonym
noctula Fruhstorfer 1923 - Valid Name
norwegica Aurivillius 1888 - Valid Name
obscura Verity 1919 - Valid Name
nossis Fruhstorfer 1923 - Valid Name
* obscuramaxima Verity 1921 - Junior subjective synonym
* obsoleta Tutt 1896 - Junior subjective synonym
orientalpicola Verity 1940 - Valid Name
paleatincta Verity 1913 - Valid Name
parnassiotropa Bryk 1923 - Valid Name
partheniaesimilis Rocci 1930 - Valid Name
parthenides Verity 1919 - Valid Name
parthenoidemima Verity 1939 - Valid Name
parthenopsis Hormuzaki 1925 - Valid Name
parvanigra Verity 1940 - Valid Name
permixta Stauder 1922 - Valid Name
* phyciodina Hormuzaki 1934 - Junior subjective synonym
* poedotrophos Bergstrasser 1780 - Junior subjective synonym
* polaris Rygge 1921 - Junior subjective synonym
* postdivergens Rocci 1930 - Junior subjective synonym
* postfuscofasciata Goodson 1960 - Junior subjective synonym
* postluciflua Verity 1940 - Junior subjective synonym
* postmelangraphata Verity 1940 - Junior subjective synonym
* postmelida Verity 1940 - Junior subjective synonym
* postsubluciflua Verity 1940 - Junior subjective synonym
* postvividior Verity 1930 - Junior subjective synonym
* progressiva Ksenzhopol'sky 1911 - Junior subjective synonym
* pseudathalia Reverdin 1920 - Junior subjective synonym
pseudaurelia Ebert 1926 - Valid Name
* pseudodelminia Verity 1940 - Junior subjective synonym
pseudodictynna Stauder 1922 - Valid Name
* pusilla Rocci 1932 - Junior subjective synonym
* radiata Eisner 1942 - Junior subjective synonym
* retyezatica Diószeghy 1930 - Junior subjective synonym
* reticulata Higgins 1955 - Junior subjective synonym
rhodoleuca Stauder 1914 - Valid Name
sachalinensis Matsumura 1925 - Valid Name
* sajanskalpina Verity 1940 - Junior subjective synonym
* samonica Riesen 1891 - Junior subjective synonym
* scandinavica Staudinger 1892 - Junior subjective synonym
scardona Fruhstorfer 1910 - Valid Name
semiradiata Turati & Verity 1912 - Valid Name
sicula Turati 1915 - Valid Name
* sohana Cabeau 1922 - Junior subjective synonym
* siculapinguis Verity 1950 - Junior subjective synonym
* songtonia Doi & Cho 1934 - Junior subjective synonym
* spadana Cabeau 1922 - Junior subjective synonym
subluciflua Verity 1935 - Valid Name
subhelvetica Verity 1935 - Valid Name
* submaxima Verity 1924 - Junior subjective synonym
* sutschana Reverdin 1922 - Junior subjective synonym
suessula Fruhstorfer 1917 - Valid Name
* subtusnigrescens Caruel 1944 - Junior subjective synonym
tenuis Verity 1919 - Valid Name
* tectensis Cabeau 1922 - Junior subjective synonym
synexergica Verity 1930 - Valid Name
tenuicula Verity 1919 - Valid Name
* virgata Tutt 1896 - Junior subjective synonym
vividior Gouin 1922 - Valid Name
* tricolor Hormuzaki 1897 - Junior subjective synonym
* uncummimans Verity 1940 - Junior subjective synonym
* unifasciata Caruel 1944 - Junior subjective synonym
veragrorum Verity 1935 - Valid Name
* teriolensis Wagner 1912 - Junior subjective synonym
* tessellata Stephens 1827 - Junior subjective synonym
tinica Fruhstorfer 1910 - Valid Name
* transitoria Eisner 1942 - Junior subjective synonym
* postdelminia Verity 1950 - Junior subjective synonym
aurelia Nickerl 1850 - Valid Name
* acerasia Hormuzaki 1911 - Junior subjective synonym
albimacula Wojtusiak & Niesolowski 1946 - Valid Name
aurelianigrobscura Verity 1931 - Valid Name
carsicola Verity 1932 - Valid Name
* chappuisi Heinrich 1917 - Junior subjective synonym
* charlotta Rebel 1912 - Junior subjective synonym
* cinerea Mellaerts 1929 - Junior subjective synonym
ciscaucasica Kiabov 1926 - Valid Name
* commacula Caruel 1944 - Junior subjective synonym
* corythalia Spuler 1901 - Junior subjective synonym
* corythalina Rebel 1913 - Junior subjective synonym
dictynnoides Hormuzaki 1898 - Valid Name
distans Higgins 1955 - Valid Name
* dorfmeisteri Verity 1950 - Junior subjective synonym
* faivrei Le Charles 1920 - Junior subjective synonym
* frigidaltaica Verity 1940 - Junior subjective synonym
* fuscissima Verity 1950 - Junior subjective synonym
imitatrix Verity 1932 - Valid Name
* lacustris Rocci 1932 - Junior subjective synonym
* latonigena Spuler 1901 - Junior subjective synonym
* ligata Caruel 1944 - Junior subjective synonym
ligustica Rocci 1932 - Valid Name
* lucasi Verity 1920 - Junior subjective synonym
luceria Fruhstorfer 1917 - Valid Name
* melanodes Lambillion 1910 - Junior subjective synonym
mendrisiota Fruhstorfer 1923 - Valid Name
micromelanica Verity 1935 - Valid Name
* minor Esper 1784 - Junior subjective synonym
* mongolica Verity 1930 - Junior subjective synonym
mussinae Costantini 1916 - Valid Name
* navarina Spuler 1901 - Junior subjective synonym
* nigrobscura Verity 1931 - Junior subjective synonym
* nigropunctata Caruel 1944 - Junior subjective synonym
* parthenie Borkhausen 1788 - Junior subjective synonym
petricola Nekrutenko 1978 - Valid Name
poenina Verity 1931 - Valid Name
* postcarsicola Verity 1932 - Junior subjective synonym
pseudorhaetica Kieffer 1918 - Valid Name
* pyronioides Reuss 1921 - Junior subjective synonym
* radiata Kieffer 1819 - Junior subjective synonym
rhaetica Frey 1880 - Valid Name
* segusiana Rocci 1932 - Junior subjective synonym
* serotina Oberthür 1909 - Junior subjective synonym
* subnigrescens Cleu 1932 - Junior subjective synonym
* unifasciata Caruel 1944 - Junior subjective synonym
valsunga Fruhstorfer 1923 - Valid Name
verbanica Rocci 1932 - Valid Name
vividocolore Verity 1931 - Valid Name
britomartis Assmann 1847 - Valid Name
amurensis Staudinger 1892 - Valid Name
* aphaea Freyer 1858 - Junior subjective synonym
aureliaeformis Verity 1916 - Valid Name
* aureliaesimilis Rocci 1930 - Junior subjective synonym
* aurelitoides Rocci 1930 - Junior subjective synonym
barthae Issekutz & Kovács 1954 - Valid Name
centroposita Issekutz & Kovács 1954 - Valid Name
confulgens Issekutz & Kovács 1954 - Valid Name
* coreae Verity 1930 - Junior subjective synonym
* corythalia Verity 1950 - Junior subjective synonym
* cymothoe Verity 1950 - Junior subjective synonym
* dictynnaesimilis Rocci 1930 - Junior subjective synonym
dioszeghyi Issekutz & Kovács 1954 - Valid Name
* fallax Hormuzaki 1925 - Junior subjective synonym
imitans Verity 1930 - Valid Name
* kalaszensis Issekutz & Kovács 1954 - Junior subjective synonym
kaposensis Issekutz & Kovács 1954 - Valid Name
* koreana Elwes 1899 - Junior subjective synonym
latefascia Fixsen 1883 - Valid Name
* magna Elwes 1940 - Junior subjective synonym
marussia Fruhstorfer 1923 - Valid Name
* matrica Issekutz & Kovács 1954 - Junior subjective synonym
* melathalia Rocci 1930 - Junior subjective synonym
michielli Varga 1969 - Valid Name
* naszalensis Issekutz & Kovács 1954 - Junior subjective synonym
* parthenope Ménétriés 1855 - Junior subjective synonym
* parvahispanica Verity 1940 - Junior subjective synonym
* parvaurelia Rocci 1930 - Junior subjective synonym
* postmelathalia Rocci 1930 - Junior subjective synonym
* pygmaea Hormuzaki 1924 - Junior subjective synonym
* segusiana Rocci 1932 - Junior subjective synonym
* seminigra Nitsche 1918 - Junior subjective synonym
* seminigra Seitz 1908 - Junior subjective synonym
* szadaensis Issekutz & Kovács 1954 - Junior subjective synonym
* taurinorum Rocci 1932 - Junior subjective synonym
* verocensis Issekutz & Kovács 1954 - Junior subjective synonym
* veronicae Dorfmeister 1853 - Junior subjective synonym
centralasiae Wnukowsky 1929 - Valid Name
* kolymskya Higgins 1955 - Junior subjective synonym
* mongolica Staudinger 1892 - Junior subjective synonym
deione Hübner 1829/41 - Valid Name
* berisalella Verity 1935 - Junior subjective synonym
* berisalensis Rühl & Favre 1897 - Junior subjective synonym
berisalii Rühl 1891 - Valid Name
* dejonella Verity 1930 - Junior subjective synonym
espunaensis Korb 1915 - Valid Name
* felkeli Stauder 1922 - Junior subjective synonym
iberanana Verity 1930 - Valid Name
* interligata Pionneau 1932 - Junior subjective synonym
magna Seitz 1909 - Valid Name
* mariae Sabariego - Junior subjective synonym
* mediofasciata Bubacek 1926 - Junior subjective synonym
melanalbinotica Wehrli 1920 - Valid Name
* mirabilis Rütimeyer 1942 - Junior subjective synonym
* nigrocingulata van Oorschot 1966 - Junior subjective synonym
* nigrolunulata van Oorschot 1966 - Junior subjective synonym
nitida Oberthür 1909 - Valid Name
phaisana Fruhstorfer 1917 - Valid Name
* phaisanella Verity 1950 - Junior subjective synonym
philomena Fruhstorfer 1923 - Valid Name
* phoibophila Bryk 1940 - Junior subjective synonym
praestantior Verity 1932 - Valid Name
* rafaela Fruhstorfer 1923 - Junior subjective synonym
rondoui Oberthür 1909 - Valid Name
* rosinae Rebel 1911 - Junior subjective synonym
* royoi Agenjo 1934 - Junior subjective synonym
signata de Sagarra 1926 - Valid Name
tessinorum Fruhstorfer 1918 - Valid Name
vesubiana Verity 1932 - Valid Name
* vesubiella Verity 1932 - Junior subjective synonym
menetriesi Caradja 1895 - Valid Name
* menetriesi Wnukowsky 1929 - Junior subjective synonym
* orientalis Ménétriés 1859 - Junior subjective synonym
* septentriorientis Verity 1930 - Junior subjective synonym
parthenoides Keferstein 1851 - Valid Name
* albida Wehrli 1914 - Junior subjective synonym
* amparoi Sabariego - Junior subjective synonym
* austera Verity 1940 - Junior subjective synonym
beata Caradja 1893 - Valid Name
* blachieri Caruel 1946 - Junior subjective synonym
bolivari de Sagarra 1930 - Valid Name
* cincta Blachier 1914 - Junior subjective synonym
* commacula Caruel 1946 - Junior subjective synonym
* communis Verity 1931 - Junior subjective synonym
completa Verity 1931 - Valid Name
* corythalina Schawerda 1929 - Junior subjective synonym
* crassepicta Verity 1950 - Junior subjective synonym
* deficiens Caruel 1946 - Junior subjective synonym
* dejone Freyer 1846 - Junior subjective synonym
* demarginata Caruel 1944 - Junior subjective synonym
* elongata Oberthür 1910 - Junior subjective synonym
* escalerai Agenjo 1934 - Junior subjective synonym
* fasciata Vorbrodt 1912 - Junior subjective synonym
* grisea Caruel 1946 - Junior subjective synonym
* inanis Verity 1921 - Junior subjective synonym
jordisi Rühl 1893 - Valid Name
* jupini Caruel 1945 - Junior subjective synonym
* ligata Caruel 1944 - Junior subjective synonym
* martai Sabariego - Junior subjective synonym
* molpadia Oberthür 1910 - Junior subjective synonym
* nevadensis Spuler 1908 - Junior subjective synonym
* oberthueri Caruel 1945 - Junior subjective synonym
* ocellata Caruel 1948 - Junior subjective synonym
* parthenie Godart 1819 - Junior subjective synonym
plena Verity 1921 - Valid Name
* progressa Caruel 1946 - Junior subjective synonym
* rhoio Oberthür 1910 - Junior subjective synonym
* ruehli Caruel 1945 - Junior subjective synonym
semiplena Verity 1931 - Valid Name
* subtus-ocellata Caruel 1946 - Junior subjective synonym
* speyeri Meyer-Dür 1851 - Junior subjective synonym
sphines Fruhstorfer 1917 - Valid Name
* varioides Rütimeyer 1942 - Junior subjective synonym
veletaensis Ribbe 1910 - Valid Name
plotina Braemer 1861 - Valid Name
* pacifica Verity 1932 - Junior subjective synonym
rebeli Wnukowsky 1929 - Valid Name
* altaica Staudinger 1901 - Junior subjective synonym
sikkimensis Moore 1901 - Valid Name
varia Meyer-Dür 1851 - Valid Name
barnumi Dujardin 1948 - Valid Name
gilbon Fruhstorfer 1917 - Valid Name
* nigrocingulata van Oorschot 1966 - Junior subjective synonym
piana Higgins 1930 - Valid Name
turiniensis Dujardin 1948 - Valid Name
variabella Verity 1931 - Valid Name
varissima Verity 1914 - Valid Name
Current Comb:
MELLICTA athalia
ssp.
ambigua
Ménétriés, 1859
Original Comb:
MELITAEA
Ménétriés, 1859
MS Comb:
Superfamily:
Papilionoidea
Family:
Nymphalidae
Subfamily:
Nymphalinae
Tribe:
Melitaeini
Last updated by Justin Ollerenshaw - 16/05/2011
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Distribution
Original publication details:
Scientific Name of Taxon:
ambigua
Original Rank:
?
Current Status:
Valid Name
Current Rank:
SUBSPECIES
Original Combination:
MELITAEA
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Ménétriés, 1859
Comments:
Original Description Reference:
Current valid name:
Current Valid Name:
MELLICTA athalia ambigua
Ménétriés, 1859
Comments:
Current Valid Name Reference:
No previously published combinations of this name have been recorded in this database.
The database contains no manuscript combinations for this taxon.
No lectotype or neotype designated.
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The database contains no additional references for this taxon.
Zoogeographic regions:
W Palaearctic
Afrotropical
New Zealand
E Palaearctic
Malagasy
Nearctic
Oriental
Australasian
Neotropical
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