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Taxon: Genus Melitaea Fabricius, 1807 (butterfly)
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Authorship

Original name Fabricius, 1807. Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger), 6, 284.

Types

Type ofMelitaeina (Subtribe) E. Newman, 1870
Type ofMelitaeini (Tribe) Herrich-Schäffer, 1843

Variants

Different spellingMelitea (Genus) Rafinesque, 1815, nom. null. Ref: B. Pitkin & P. Jenkins, 2002-present: 27 May 2009.

Synonyms

IncludingMellicta (Genus) Billberg, 1820 Ref: N. Wahlberg (ed.), [2006]: 30 Sep 2008.
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