Enantia melite, LINNAEUS OF CRAMER, 1777

Chainey, John E., 2005, The species of Papilionidae and Pieridae (Lepidoptera) described by Cramer and Stoll and their putative type material in the Natural History Museum in London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3), pp. 283-337 : 328

MELITE LINNAEUS OF CRAMER, 1777

Pap[ilio] Helicon[ius] melite, Cramer, 1777: 90 , 149, pl.

153, figs C, D [original plate 118, figs B, B]. Surinam. Papilio Heliconius melite, Stoll, 1782b: 7 [No. 66].

Material examined. No potential Cramer specimens located.

Identity. Enantia melite (Linnaeus, 1763) .

MESENTINA CRAMER, 1780

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Pap[ilio] Dan[aus] Cand[idus] mesentina Cramer, 1780a: 140 , 175, pl.270, figs A, B [original plate 240, figs C, C] (junior primary homonym of Papilio mesentina Cramer, 1777 [ Nymphalidae ]). ‘Côte de Coromandel’ [= south-eastern India] (Cornelis van Lennep).

Papilio Danaus Candidus mesentina, Stoll, 1782b: 5 [No. 55].

Material examined. 1 ♂, no data, Felder coll. ( BMNH (E)#665121), is a good match for original plate 240, figs C, C, especially the underside; the thorax has clearly been re-pinned and the left hindwing largely replaced. As this species was described from van Lennep’s collection it is possible that this specimen is a syntype

Current status. Invalid senior subjective synonym of Belenois a. aurota (Fabricius, 1793) ( Ackery et al., 1995).

Figures

Figures 33–38. Fig. 33. Papilio glaucippe Linnaeus (specimen with ‘van Lennep’ label). Fig. 34. Papilio gliciria Cramer (syntype). Fig. 35. Papilio isse Cramer (paralectotype). Fig. 36. Papilio jugurtha Cramer (syntype). Fig. 37. Papilio leucippe Cramer (syntype). Fig. 38. Papilio mesentina Cramer (possible syntype).