Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Divisio: Eulepidoptera
Sectio: Ditrysia
Subsectio: Apoditrysia
Clade: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Tribus: Riodinini
Genus: Melanis
Species: Melanis acroleuca
Subspecies: (2) per Lamas at Butterflies of America.
M. a. acroleuca – M. a. huasteca

Name

Melanis acroleuca Felder, R., 1869.

Type locality: Mexicao, Oax, "Huahuapan".

Holotype: ♀ tbc, coll. Hedemann, images.

Synonymy

  • Limnas acroleuca Felder, 1869: 467; Godman & Salvin, 1886: 411.
  • Limnas cephise acroleuca (var.) Felder; Mengel, 1905: 74.
  • Lymnas cephise acroleuca (form) (Felder); Stichel, 1910: 204.
  • Melanis cephise acroleuca (Felder); Lamas, 2004: 154.
  • Melanis acroleuca (Felder); Warren et al, 2017: BoA.

References

  • Felder, R. 1869. Diagnosen neuer von dem k.k. Oberlieutenant H. v. Hedemann in Mexico in den Jahren 1865—1867 gesammelter Lepidopteren. Verhandlungen der K-K Zool-Bot Gesellschaft in Wien, 19: 465-480. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Lamas, G. 2004. Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol. 5A. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439p. Reference page. 
  • Mengel, L.W.. 1905. A Catalogue Of The Erycinidae: A Family Of Butterflies: With The Synonomy Brought Down To Oct.1, 1904, 166pp. Reference page. 
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