Melanitis phedima

Dark evening brown
M. p. bethami wet-season form
Kerala, India
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melanitis
Species:
M. phedima
Binomial name
Melanitis phedima
(Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms
  • Melanitis suyudana Moore, 1857
  • Melanitis bethami de Nicéville, 1887

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