Common Evening Brown Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Melanitis leda
Family : Satyridae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : All types of wildlife habitat
Description : This butterfly species has two seasonal forms. In the wet-season form, the forewing apex is subacute, and the termen is slightly angulated or straight. The upperside is brown with two large subapical black spots on the forewing, each bordered by a white lunule with a ferruginous interruption. The hindwing displays a dark, white-centred, fulvous-ringed ocellus in interspace two and other ocelli that may be visible from the underside. The undersides are paler, covered with transverse dark brown striae, and feature a curved dark brown narrow band on the forewing and a series of ocelli on both wings.
In the dry-season form, the forewing apex is obtuse and falcate, and the termen may be straight or sinuous. The upperside ground color is similar to the wet-season form, but the markings, especially the ferruginous lunules bordering the black sub-apical spots on the forewing, are larger and more extended. On the hindwing, the ocellus in interspace two is absent and replaced by small white subterminal spots.
The undersides vary greatly in color. The antennae, head, thorax, and abdomen are brown or greyish-brown, with annulated antennae featuring white and ochraceous at the apex.
In the dry-season form, the forewing apex is obtuse and falcate, and the termen may be straight or sinuous. The upperside ground color is similar to the wet-season form, but the markings, especially the ferruginous lunules bordering the black sub-apical spots on the forewing, are larger and more extended. On the hindwing, the ocellus in interspace two is absent and replaced by small white subterminal spots.
The undersides vary greatly in color. The antennae, head, thorax, and abdomen are brown or greyish-brown, with annulated antennae featuring white and ochraceous at the apex.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Hypolimnas misippus
(Danaid Eggfly) -
Cethosia cyane
(Leopard Lacewing) -
Junonia lemonias
(Lemon Pansy) -
Lebadea martha
(Knight) -
Hypolimnas bolina
(Great Eggfly) -
Mycalesis malsara
(White-line Bushbrown) -
Lethe vindhya
(Black forester) -
Junonia orithya
(Blue Pansy) -
Lethe sinorix
(Tailed Red Forester) -
Vagrans sinha
(Vagrant)
References:
description written by:Zarin Tasnim,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, www.nic.funet.fi;photo credit:Shami Narayanan(www.inaturalist.org/people/Shami Narayanan),photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.
description written by:Zarin Tasnim,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, www.nic.funet.fi;photo credit:Shami Narayanan(www.inaturalist.org/people/Shami Narayanan),photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.