Melanitis leda (Linné, 1758)

Adult morphology	Wingspan	35
Literature references	Species number (Larsen 2005)	658
	Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)	281
Habitat	Habitat preference [1]	UBQ: Can be found in nearly all types of habitats UBQ
Distribution	Geographical distribution [2]	AFR: Practically found throughout Africa in suitable habitats as indicated AFR

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

• Poaceae
  - Apluda
  - Bambusa
  - Brachiaria
  - Capillipedium
  - Coix
  - Digitaria
  - Elephantopus
  - Eleusine
  - Imperata
  - Microstegium
  - Miscanthus
  - Oryza
  - Panicum
  - Paspalum
  - Pennisetum
  - Poa
  - Saccharum
  - Setaria
  - Sorghum
  - Stenotaphrum
  - Thysanolaena
  - Zea

• Cyperaceae
• Poaceae
  - Apluda
  - Bambusa
  - Brachiaria
  - Capillipedium
  - Coix
  - Digitaria
  - Elephantopus
  - Eleusine
  - Imperata
  - Microstegium
  - Miscanthus
  - Oryza
  - Panicum
  - Paspalum
  - Pennisetum
  - Poa
  - Saccharum
  - Setaria
  - Sorghum
  - Stenotaphrum
  - Thysanolaena
  - Zea