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Common Evening Brown

Melanitis leda

Photo by Namitha
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Description:

I just learned from wikipedia that, this butterfly have two different forms, this spotting is the wet season form. There is also a dry season form.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanitis_leda

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Melanitis leda

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Comments (2)
Namitha
Yeah it does, Jemma. Thank you.
HemaShah
looks like it is made of crepe silk.

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PublishedSeptember 3, 2013

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