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Melitaeini  Newman, 1870
Taxonomic Serial No.: 694273

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Tribe  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2019   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderLepidoptera  – butterflies, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit, Borboleta, Mariposa  
                                  SuperfamilyPapilionoidea Latreille, 1802 – butterflies, papillons  
                                     FamilyNymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 – admirals, anglewings, brush-footed butterflies, checker-spots, crescent-spots, fritillaries, mourningclocks, purples, brushfoot butterflies, Brushfooted Butterflies  
                                        SubfamilyNymphalinae Rafinesque, 1815 – True Brushfoots  
                                           TribeMelitaeini Newman, 1870  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Subtribe Chlosynina   
                                              Subtribe Melitaeina Newman, 1870  
                                              Subtribe Phyciodina Higgins, 1981  
       
                                            TribeMelitaeini Newman, 1870 incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                                              Subtribe Euphydryina Higgins, 1976  
       

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  Source: Check List of the Lepidoptera of North America... MS, database (version 2003)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: Ongoing developmental version with contributions by Don Lafontaine, Jean-François Landry, Jim Troubridge, Paul Opler, Ron Hodges, John Brown, et al. Higher classification does not yet reflect recent and substantial changes that have been published   
  Reference for: Melitaeini   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Long, Elizabeth C., Robert C. Thomson, and Arthur M. Shapiro  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: A time-calibrated phylogeny of the butterfly tribe Melitaeini   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 79   
  Page(s): 69-81   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1055-7903   
  Notes: DOI 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.010   
  Reference for: Melitaeini   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pelham, Jonathan P.  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40   
  Page(s): xiv + 658   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-4324   
  Notes: As noted in the Introduction, Pelham intentionally diverges from the Code's provisions on gender agreement (Articles 31 & 34), following original orthography instead   
  Reference for: Melitaeini   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pohl, Gregory R., Bob Patterson, and Jonathan P. Pelham  
  Publication Date: 2016   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico   
  Page(s): 766   
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  Notes: Working paper published online by the authors at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/302570819   
  Reference for: Melitaeini   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wahlberg, Niklas, Andrew V. Z. Brower, and Sören Nylin  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography of tribes and genera in the subfamily Nymphalinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 86, no. 2   
  Page(s): 227-251   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0024-4066   
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