Browns and Rings Indian Butterflies

Common Evening Brown
Melanitis leda

Common Evening Brown, dry season form Common Evening Brown, wet season form Common Evening Brown, dry season form
Dry Season Form
Bangalore, April 2001
Wet Season Form
Bangalore, June 2001
Dry Season Form
Bangalore, June 2001
Common Evening Brown

Mysore, June 2003

The Dry Season Form of this butterfly exhibits a lot of variation, as illustrated by the two specimens here. The Dry and Wet Season Forms can occur together - the second and third photographs above were shot on the same afternoon and just a few feet apart.


Amber Habib
Last modified: July 20 2005