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Melanitis leda Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 10th ed., Vol. 1, 824 pp. [in Latin] Available at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Nymphalidae
genus
Melanitis
species
Melanitis leda

Name

Synonyms
Cyllo helena Plötz, 1880
Cyllo helena Westwood
Cyllo leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cyllo leda fulvescens Guenée, 1862
Cyllo mycerina Guenée, 1862
Cyllo obsoleta Felder, 1867
Melanitis africana Fruhstorfer, 1908
Melanitis ambasara Moore, 1857
Melanitis arcensia Fruhstorfer, 1908
Melanitis bankia Fabricius, 1775
Melanitis banksia Linnaeus, 1758
Melanitis barnardi Lucas, 1892
Melanitis bernardi Linnaeus, 1758
Melanitis bouruana Holland, 1900
Melanitis buruana Fruhstorfer
Melanitis celebicola Martin, 1929
Melanitis crimisa Fruhstorfer, 1911
Melanitis desperatat Fruhstorfer, 1908
Melanitis destitans Fruhstorfer, 1908
Melanitis determinata Butler, 1885
Homonyms
Melanitis leda Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Common Evening Brown in English
Common Evening Brown in language.
Evening Brown in English
Gewone Skemerbruintjie in Afrikaans
Skemer-bruintjie in Afrikaans
Skemerbruintjie in Afrikaans
Twilight Brown in English
সাঁঝলা in Bengali
அந்திச் சிறகன் in Tamil
കരിയില ശലഭം in Malayalam
ผีเสื้อสายัณห์สีตาลธรรมดา in Thai
ウスイロコノマチョウ in Japanese
暮眼蝶 in Chinese
樹蔭蝶 in Chinese
먹나비 in Korean
Twilight Brown in English
Skemer-bruintjie in Afrikaans
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