Common name: Common Evening Brown.
Latin name: Melanitis leda leda.
Wingspan: about 7–8cm.
Range: tropical Africa, India and Burma (Myanmar) to Australia and the Bismarck islands.
Habitat: forest undergrowth and scrubland.
Food plants: rice (possibly bamboo and sugar cane).
Latin name: Melanitis leda leda.
Wingspan: about 7–8cm.
Range: tropical Africa, India and Burma (Myanmar) to Australia and the Bismarck islands.
Habitat: forest undergrowth and scrubland.
Food plants: rice (possibly bamboo and sugar cane).
NYMPHALIDAE ~ SATYRINAE
The Common Evening Brown (Melanitis leda leda)
The Common Evening Brown (Melanitis leda leda). © Chin Fah Shin. All rights reserved.
This page revised on 20 February 2003. Copyright © Chin Fah Shin.
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