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Common evening brown butterfly

Melanitis leda

Photo by Bhawnavij
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Field Notes

Description:

This moth was around one inch in height in this position with wings closed. It resembles a dried leaf.

Reference Links:

http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/427-melanitis/melanitis-leda

Species ID Suggestions

common evening brown butterfly

Melanitis leda

Reference Link
Scott Frazier
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Comments (1)
Bhawnavij
Thanks for the Id, Scott. I thought it was a moth.
Photographed
PublishedNovember 16, 2013

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