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Melanis cephise in languages:

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White-rayed Metalmark

English

White-rayed Pixie

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Parent Taxon

• Melanis

Sibling Taxa

• Lymnas xarifa
• Melanis acroleuca
• Melanis aegates
• Melanis alena
• Melanis cephise
• Melanis cercopes
• Melanis charon
• Melanis cinaron
• Melanis electron
• Melanis gynaeceas
• Melanis herminae
• Melanis hillapana
• Melanis hodia
• Melanis leucophlegma
• Melanis lioba
• Melanis lycea
• Melanis marathon
• Melanis melandra
• Melanis melaniae
• Melanis passiena
• Melanis pixe
• Melanis seleukia
• Melanis smithiae
• Melanis unxia
• Melanis vidali
• Melanis volusia
• Melanis xenia

Child Taxa

• Melanis cephise cephise

Top Observation Places

• Colima
• Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez
• Manzanillo
• Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo
• Oaxaca
• Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán