Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sidat, Azaz & Bhatt, Urjit, 2020, Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India, Check List 16 (4), pp. 997-1015 : 1003

Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Evening Brown

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Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch district, Ankleshwar; transects T-01, T-02, T-03, T-04, T-05, T-06, T-07, T-08, T-09, T-10 ( Table 1); agricultural hedges or barren/discarded lands, suburban areas, industrial zone, roadside vegetation, and near ponds with surrounding wetland plants.

Identification. Large, brown butterfly; brown upper- side; upperside forewings with an eyespot and white pu- pil surrounded by orange patches; dry season forms with angular apex of forewings.