Melanitis leda

1 Evening Brown at Byron Bay, NSW

Melanitis leda at Byron Bay, NSW - 27 Sep 2025 07:55 AM
Request use of media

Identification history

Melanitis leda 9 Oct 2025 SuziBond
Heteronympha merope 9 Oct 2025 CarbonAI
Unverified 9 Oct 2025 Christine

Identify this sighting


Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

Sorry terrible pic, it flew in, landed briefly, and flew off again.

Be the first to comment


Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • 50mm or larger 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

Record quality

  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Verified by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
825,623 sightings of 23,495 species from 15,072 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy
NatureMapr is developed by at3am IT Pty Ltd and is proudly Australian made