Melanitis leda

1 Evening Brown at Mount George, NSW

Melanitis leda at Mount George, NSW - suppressed
Melanitis leda at Mount George, NSW - suppressed
Melanitis leda at Mount George, NSW - suppressed
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Identification history

Melanitis leda 21 Jul 2025 SuziBond
Geitoneura klugii 25 May 2025 CarbonAI
Melanitis leda 25 May 2025 ibaird
Unverified 25 May 2025 JenniferS

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AMAZING camouflage!

7 comments

JasonPStewart wrote:
   20 Jul 2025
Don Herbison–Evans @donhe when time available, please identify this butterfly .
Does look like an Evening Brown _Melanitis leda_ to me too.
donhe wrote:
   20 Jul 2025
Yes : eyespots correspond to M. leda. I am not a butterfly moderator so sadly I cannot verify Ian's suggestion, and undo CarbonAI's.
JasonPStewart wrote:
   20 Jul 2025
Don Herbison–Evans @donhe thank you very much.
JasonPStewart wrote:
   20 Jul 2025
@ibaird Please may you confirm this identification: _Melanitis leda_ .
JenniferS wrote:
   20 Jul 2025
Thanks everyone. I’m really interested to get an ID on this as I believe it’s the most southern sighting (on this platform anyway).
SuziBond wrote:
   21 Jul 2025
Nice find, they're a lovely butterfly. There are records down to Wollongong for this species.
JenniferS wrote:
   21 Jul 2025
An ok. Must be more since I looked at the sighting locations…

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Additional information

  • Bark Associated plant
  • 25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

  • Melanitis leda Scientific name
  • Evening Brown Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 48m Recorded at altitude

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