#3161 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Common Evening Brown

Melanitis leda

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © widebrownland · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Ajay Ramakrishnan · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Anil Kumar Verma · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © kishore T · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © brooks70 · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Sunčana Bradley · CC BY 4.0
7. 42XJ+966, Shrimaa Niketan, Kumarghat, Tripura 799264, India:© Ujjal Kishor De · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 42XJ+966, Shrimaa Niketan, Kumarghat, Tripura 799264, India:© Ujjal Kishor De · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Deva Vanta, Gujarat, India:© Dhaivat Hathi · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Carindale QLD 4152, Australia:© Jacky Lien. · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

Melanitis leda , the common evening brown , is a common species of butterfly found flying at dusk. The flight of this species is erratic. They are found in Africa, South Asia and South-east Asia extending to parts of Australia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 27,003iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
27,003 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).