Melanitis phedima | 台北市立動物園資訊網

Melanitisphedima,thedarkeveningbrown,isaspeciesofbutterflyfoundflyingatdusk.Theflightofthisspeciesiserratic.Theyarefoundinsouthand ...

Species of butterfly

Melanitis phedima, the dark evening brown,[3][1] is a species of butterfly found flying at dusk. The flight of this species is erratic. They are found in south and southeast Asia.[3][1]

Wet-season form: Male. Upperside dusky fuliginous-brown, the outer borders palest; cilia brown. Forewing very slightly angled below the apex; with a well-defined subcostal nearly round ochreous patch before the apex, divided by the brown radial veinlets. Hindwing unmarked. Underside dark purpurescent-brown, densely and uniformly covered with ochreous-cinereous strigae; the outer border ferruginous. Forewing with four ordinary small obscure white-pupilled ocelli. Hindwing with a series of six submarginal prominent ocelli, the upper second minute, the anal geminated, the other four nearly equal and much larger, each pupilled with white. Female. Upperside. Both wings much paler than in the male. Forewing more broadly angled below the apex; with the entire apical are...