Higher classification Melanitis | Scientific name Melanitis phedima Rank Species | |
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Similar Butterfly, Melanitis leda, Melanitis, Insect, Nymphalidae | ||
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.
References
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