Violet-eyed Evening Brown

Melanitis libya, the violet-eyed evening brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, southern Sudan, Semuliki National Park, western Uganda and north-western Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba), Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, and eastern Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of forests at altitudes between 600 and 900 meters.

Le genre Melanitis regroupe 12 espèces de papillons de la famille des Nymphalidae. Dénomination Le nom Melanitis leur a été donné par Johan Christian Fabricius en 1807. En anglais ce sont les Evening Browns.

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