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title: "Common Evening Brown"
description: "Melanitis leda — Insects & spiders. Melanitis leda, the common evening brown, is a common species of butterfly found flying at dusk."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-evening-brown
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Evening Brown

> Melanitis leda — Insects & spiders. Melanitis leda, the common evening brown, is a common species of butterfly found flying at dusk.

- Scientific name: *Melanitis leda*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 26127
- Wikidata: [Q2715925](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2715925)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51584](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51584)

## Names

- en: Common Evening Brown

## Countries with the most observations

IN (9231), AU (7399), TW (807), ID (751), ZA (713), HK (621), TH (441), PH (346), LK (318), SG (197), VN (169), BD (151)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanitis_leda

## Photo

![Common Evening Brown](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-evening-brown/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vinay K L · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56420178

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-evening-brown?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).