Melanocyma is a monotypic butterfly genus in the subfamily Morphinae of the family Nymphalidae.

Its one species Melanocyma faunula, the pallid faun, is restricted to Burma, Malaya, Thailand and Indochina in the Indomalayan realm.

[3] The Pallid Faun's larvae feed on Orania sylvicola.

The eggs are 1.1 millimeters in diameter, and are yellow in colour changing to black with time.

The Pallid Faun exhibits similar egg laying and feeding behaviour with Taenaris onolaus.