Melanitis leda helena - Common evening brown, Twilight brown

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Melanitis leda

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Catapu, Mozambique.

Species details:

Note: A shade loving species, most active during twilight hours.
Distribution: Common in forest areas throughout Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, other Indian Ocean Islands, East Asia, Australasia and Pacific Islands.
Related plant families:
Poaceae (Food plant)
Related plant genera:
Related plant species:
PoaceaeCenchrus clandestinus (Food plant)
PoaceaeSetaria megaphylla (Food plant)
PoaceaeSetaria verticillata (Food plant)
Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 50.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 40.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Nymphalidae subfamily Satyrinae, Tribe Melanitini, p. 15, Online Encyclopaedia.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Melanitis leda helena.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400150, retrieved 7 October 2024

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