{{Short description|Genus of butterflies}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Phyciodes tharos 4.jpg | image_caption = Pearl crescent (''Phyciodes tharos'') | taxon = Melitaeini | authority = Newman, 1870 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = Numerous, see text | synonyms = Melitaeinae }}
'''Melitaeini''' are a group of brush-footed butterflies. Usually classified as a tribe of the Nymphalinae, they are sometimes raised to subfamily status as '''Melitaeinae'''. Common names include the highly ambiguous '''fritillaries''' (also used for some Heliconiinae), '''checkerspots''', '''crescents''', or '''crescentspots''', and some genus-specific names.
[[File:Crimson Patch 6.2018861w.wiki.jpg|left|thumb|''Chlosyne janais'', Campeche, Mexico]]
==Genera== <!--This section is the anchor for the subtribe redirects. If the section header is renamed, please also rename it in the redirects. --> The 20–25 genera of Melitaeini are divided among five subtribes; some species are also listed. The subtribes, in the presumed phylogenetic sequence, are:<ref>See references in Savela (2010)</ref> <!-- list species here when the genus article is not yet done --> <div float="left"> {{col-begin|width=70%}} {{col-1-of-2}} Subtribe '''Euphydryina''' * ''Euphydryas'' – fritillaries, checkerspots Subtribe '''Melitaeina''' * ''Melitaea'' – fritillaries (including ''Didymaeformis'', ''Mellicta'') Subtribe '''Chlosynina''' * ''Antillea'' <small>Higgins, [1959]</small> * ''Atlantea'' <small>Higgins, [1959]</small> * ''Chlosyne'' – checkerspots, patches * ''Dymasia'' <small>Higgins, 1960</small> * ''Higginsius'' <small>Hemming, 1964</small> (tentatively placed here; Gnathotrichina?) * ''Microtia'' <small>Bates, 1864</small> * ''Poladryas'' <small>Bauer, 1975</small> * ''Texola'' <small>Higgins, 1959</small> – checkerspots ** ''Texola elada'' – Elada checkerspot Subtribe '''Gnathotrichina''' * ''Gnathotriche'' <small>C. & R. Felder, 1862</small> {{col-2-of-2}} Subtribe '''Phyciodina''' * ''Anthanassa'' <small>Scudder, 1875</small> – crescents, crescentspots ** ''Anthanassa ardys'' – Ardys crescent ** ''Anthanassa frisia'' – Cuban crescent, Cuban crescentspot * ''Castilia'' <small>Higgins, 1981</small> * ''Dagon'' <small>Higgins, 1981</small> * ''Eresia'' <small>Boisduval, 1836</small><!-- BiologicalJournalOfTheLinneanSociety59:351. --> * ''Janatella'' <small>Higgins, 1981</small> * ''Mazia'' <small>Higgins, 1981</small> * ''Ortilia'' <small>Higgins, 1981</small> * ''Phyciodes'' – crescents, crescentspots * ''Phystis'' <small>Higgins, 1981</small> * ''Tegosa'' <small>Higgins, 1981</small> ** ''Tegosa anieta'' * ''Telenassa'' <small>Higgins, 1981</small> * ''Tisona'' <small>Higgins, 1981</small> {{col-end}} </div>
==Footnotes== {{Reflist}}
==References== {{Commons category}} * Savela, Markku (2010): ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' – [http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/ Melitaeini]. Version of 30 June 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
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