Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India
Author
Sidat, Azaz
Author
Bhatt, Urjit
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/16.4.997
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10.15560/16.4.997
1809-127X
Melanitis leda
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Evening Brown
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Material examined.
INDIA
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Gujarat
, Bharuch district, Ankleshwar; transects T-01, T-02, T-03, T-04, T-05, T-06, T-07, T-08, T-09, T-10 (
Table 1
); agricultural hedges or barren/discarded lands, suburban areas, industrial zone, roadside vegetation, and near ponds with surrounding wetland plants.
Identification.
Large, brown butterfly; brown upper- side; upperside forewings with an eyespot and white pu- pil surrounded by orange patches; dry season forms with angular apex of forewings.