Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common Evening Brown

Subspecies in India

(1) Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758) – Oriental Common Evening Brown

Conservation and Special status

This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT1
Andhra Pradesh1124812
Arunachal Pradesh32121
Assam5317211886
Bihar2
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh3351355833259
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT1
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi22411
Goa1121
Gujarat2113341
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir UT1
Jharkhand1
Karnataka361521437141311332718
Kerala5141382112657
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh11621772
Maharashtra169953241626717922
Manipur1
Meghalaya149
Mizoram
Nagaland213
Odisha1
Puducherry UT
Punjab1
Rajasthan1
Sikkim1131311
Tamil Nadu11142243
Tripura11
Uttar Pradesh1561
Uttarakhand853
West Bengal514119278
Total77304436212834428019322295
Poaceae (Robinson et al. 2010), Apluda (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Bambusa (Robinson et al. 2010), Brachiaria mutica (Kalesh & Prakash 2007), Coix lacryma-jobi (Dhara Thakkar: BOI-eb644, eb646), Cyrtococcum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Digitaria (Robinson et al. 2010), Eleusine (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Oplismenus compositus (Kunte 2006), Oryza (Robinson et al. 2010), Oryza sativa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Panicum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Panicum repens (Robinson et al. 2010), Pennisetum (Robinson et al. 2010), Pennisetum glaucum (Robinson et al. 2010), Pennisetum purpureum (Robinson et al. 2010), Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Kalesh & Prakash 2007), Saccharum officinarum (Robinson et al. 2010), Setaria barbata (Kalesh & Prakash 2015), Zea mays (Robinson et al. 2010) (Poaceae).

Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.

 
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
 

Page citation

Saji, K., H. Ogale, R. Lovalekar, Nitin R., A. Mitra, S. Hiremath, P. Gokhale, S. Debnath, and R. P. Mahajan 2023. Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Evening Brown. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/melanitis-leda, accessed 2023/06/02.