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Melanitis leda
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. Found in my garden in Tamil Nadu, India
right! that's where I find difficulty. Have to study the families and species more I guess, or rely on people like you to help me... thanks.
first you have to guess the family or if possible genus
then it's easy to find correct species in A to Z species page list
http://ifoundbutterflies.org/letter/a
thanks Nuwan. I have been using http://ifoundbutterflies.org/, but how do you find the photos if you don't know the name? I couldn't find a page photos of the butterflies for identification, just pages for each individual speciman.
i have a local butterfly guide book. beside that i'm using websites like
http://ifoundbutterflies.org/
http://flutters.org/
http://www.slbutterflies.lk/
thanks Nuwan. Have to know what you are looking for to ID some of these butterflies!
Thought this might be some sort of Ypthima, but I can't find one with the same markings. Most seem to have the large spot uppermost. Haven't seen this one in my garden before.
Spotted on Nov 28, 2012
Submitted on Nov 28, 2012
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