Melanitis phedima
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| Melanitis phedima (Cramer, 1780) |
The Dark Evening Brown (Melanitis leda) is a species of butterfly found flying at dusk. The flight of this species is erratic. They are found in South Asia.
[edit] Food plants
Ischaemum semisagittatum and a variety of grasses of the genera Andropogon, Cymbopogon, Pennisetum, Setaria, Oplismenus compositus and Bambusa arundinacea.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ 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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