The Dark Evening Brown, Melanitis phedima abdullae (Distant)

This butterfly can be distinguished from the others of the same genus by its decidedly rounder wings and an almost always much darker chocolate brown wing undersides.

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
						x	x	x

Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

2013
Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
S3

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
					S3	S3	S2S3

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S2

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
S3	S3

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
									S6		S12

2018
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
S12

2019
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Above 2 photos from 23 march 2013 @ 15:19

01 June 2014 @ 12:52

16 Dec 2014 @ 11:52

10 Jan 2016 @ 10:18

11 Feb 2016 @ 12:00

06 Jan 2018 @ 12:06

The Great Evening Brown, Melanitis zitenius auletes (Fruhstorfer)

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
								x

Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

2013
Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
		S3				S3

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
		S3

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
S3	S3

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

2018
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

2019
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Above two photos are of Melanitis zitenus auletes (Fruhstorfer), recognisable by its pointier forewing apex and tail ends, and is decidedly a larger insect compared to M. leda and is restricted only to the forest. In flight, the female can be identified by a pair of orange subapical fascia on the forewing (which is the case in the photographed specimen). 30 May 2013 @ 9:09.

A female photographed on 22 September 2013 @ 11:36

05 Jan 2014 @ 10:05

17 Jan 2016 @ 13:01

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Males look very different from the females based on the undersides markings, resembling more like a dry-form M. leda. These two photos were taken on 27 May 2013 @ 10:13.

06 October 2013 @ 10:30

17 Jan 2014 @ 12:28