Melanitis phedima

Dark Evening Brown
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melanitis
Species: M. phedima
Binomial name
Melanitis phedima
(Cramer, 1780)

The Dark Evening Brown (Melanitis phedima) is a species of butterfly found flying at dusk. The flight of this species is erratic. They are found in South Asia.

Food plants

Ischaemum semisagittatum and a variety of grasses of the genera Andropogon, Cymbopogon, Pennisetum, Setaria, Oplismenus compositus, and Bambusa arundinacea.[1]

References

  1. Kunte, K. (2006). Additions to known larval host plants of Indian butterflies. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 103(1):119-120.
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