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Melanitis leda helena - Common evening brown, Twilight brown
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Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Catapu, Mozambique.
Species details:
| Note: | A shade loving species, most active during twilight hours. | ||
| Distribution: | Common in forest areas throughout Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, other Indian Ocean Islands, East Asia, Australasia and Pacific Islands. | ||
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| Literature: | Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 50. Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 40. Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Nymphalidae subfamily Satyrinae, Tribe Melanitini, p. 15, Online Encyclopaedia. |
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