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Brown Butterfly

Melanitis leda

Photo by ChunXingWong
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Field Notes

Description:

A Melanitis butterfly visited one late afternoon.
Dirty dark yellowish brown in color makes it camouflages itself on dry vegetation. 2cm - body length, 36mm - height of each wings.

Habitat:

Still Unknown.

Notes:

Special thanks to Bayucca and Daniele for the identification. >>>Map accuracy : 250m diameter.

Species ID Suggestions

Evening brown

Melanitis sp.

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DanielePralong
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Comments (2)
bayucca
Agree with Melanitis. Can't get closer than Daniele. Very variable species.
DanielePralong
Hi Chun! I'm hesitating between M. leda and M. zitenius. Zitenius is described as crepuscular.

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