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Melanitis phedima ganapati​​.jpg

Melanitis phedima ganapati​​  Fruhstorfer, 1908

Dark Evening Brown

Home > Insects​ > Lepidoptera - Butterflies > ​Nymphalidae > Melanitis phedima ganapati​

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


  • Common name: Dark Evening Brown
  • Thai name: ผีเสื้อสายัณห์สีตาลไหม้
  • Distribution: Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum (Phu Kieow Wildlife Reserve), Chanthaburi (Khao Soi Dao N.P.), Chiang Mai
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations

Images of Melanitis phedima ganapati​ from Thailand.
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Melanitis phedima ganapati (Fruhstorfer, 1908) Phu Kieow Wildlife Reserve Chaiyaphum January
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Melanitis phedima ganapati (Fruhstorfer, 1908) Chiang Mai
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Melanitis phedima ganapati (Fruhstorfer, 1908) Khao Soi Dao N.P. Chanthaburi November

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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