1 Common Brown Butterfly at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Heteronympha merope | 21 Nov 2018 | SuziBond | ||
| Heteronympha merope | 18 Nov 2018 | JonSteinbeck |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
While I was up the hill in an area with a lot of trees I saw a male Common Brown Butterfly skipping over the lear litter. The butterfly really was perfectly camouflaged among the leaf litter when it stopped moving.
2 comments
SuziBond
wrote:
21 Nov 2018
Wonderful photos! Yes, the Common Browns are incredibly hard to see when they land and close their wings on the ground.
JonSteinbeck
wrote:
22 Nov 2018
Hi Suzi, Many thanks for the confirmation and the positive comment. All the best.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.103015-35.327297
- Altitude 640.0m
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Nov 2018 08:20 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
-
Collections
BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Heteronympha merope Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Additional information
- Leef litter Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Male Gender
Species information
- Heteronympha merope Scientific name
- Common Brown Butterfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1726.8m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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