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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​


  • 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)
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Image locations

Images of Melanitis leda leda from Thailand.
Common Evening Brown, Melanitis leda leda.jpg
Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) (d.s.f.) Cheelong Chaiyaphum November
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Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) (d.s.f.) Cheelong Chaiyaphum November
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Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) (w.s.f) Chaiyaphum October
Common Evening Brown.jpg
Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) (w.s.f) Nakhon Si Thammarat
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Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) Chiang Mai
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Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) (d.s.f.) Chaiyaphum November
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Melanitis leda leda (w.s.f) (Linnaeus, 1758) Chaiyaphum September
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Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) Bo Rai Trat June
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Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) d.s.f Chaiyaphum December
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Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) d.s.f Pattaya Chonburi December

References: 
​A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM - Y.Inayoshi.
​Thai Butterflies
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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