Melanitis leda

1 Evening Brown at Nambucca Heads, NSW

Melanitis leda at Nambucca Heads, NSW - 29 May 2022
Melanitis leda at Nambucca Heads, NSW - 29 May 2022
Melanitis leda at Nambucca Heads, NSW - 29 May 2022
Melanitis leda at Nambucca Heads, NSW - 29 May 2022
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Identification history

Melanitis leda 11 Jan 2023 Liam.m
Melanitis leda 31 May 2022 trevorpreston
Unidentified 29 May 2022 trevorpreston

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Large butterfly, 30-35mm

2 comments

SuziBond wrote:
   30 Jun 2022
I agree with your identification, lovely!
trevorpreston wrote:
   30 Jun 2022
Do you have moderator privileges for this area Suzi? If not we need you, not sure if there are many moderators for this area yet.
Thanks for the ID confirmations BTW, nice to know I'm getting them right in this unfamiliar area.

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • 25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

  • Melanitis leda Scientific name
  • Evening Brown Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 48m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

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