Heteronympha merope

1 Common Brown Butterfly at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

	Heteronympha merope	21 Nov 2018	SuziBond
	Heteronympha merope	18 Nov 2018	JonSteinbeck

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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.

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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 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
1298 images trained Machine learning
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