Melanitis leda leda​  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Evening Brown

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Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
​Genus: Melanitis
Species: leda​
Subspecies: ​leda​

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• Common name: Common Evening Brown
• Thai name: ผีเสื้อสายัณห์สีตาลธรรมดา
• Distribution: Sri Lanka, India to Myanmar, Andamans, Nicobars, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, S. China, Formosa, Japan, Langkawi, W. Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Palawan, Philippines.
• Image locations: Chaiyaphum (Cheelong)​, Chiang Mai, Chonburi (Pattaya), Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trat (Bo Rai)
• Additional notes:  d.s.f. (dry season form) w.s.f. (wet season form)

Image locations

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Images of Melanitis leda leda from Thailand.

Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) (d.s.f.) Cheelong Chaiyaphum November

Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) (d.s.f.) Cheelong Chaiyaphum November

Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) (w.s.f) Chaiyaphum October

Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) (w.s.f) Nakhon Si Thammarat

Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) Chiang Mai

Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) (d.s.f.) Chaiyaphum November

Melanitis leda leda (w.s.f) (Linnaeus, 1758) Chaiyaphum September

Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) Bo Rai Trat June

Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) d.s.f Chaiyaphum December

Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) d.s.f Pattaya Chonburi December

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References: 
​A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM - Y.Inayoshi.
​Thai Butterflies