Heteronympha merope

Common Brown Butterfly at Paddys River, ACT

Heteronympha merope at Paddys River, ACT - 27 Dec 2017
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Heteronympha merope 1 Jan 2018 SuziBond
Heteronympha merope 1 Jan 2018 SWishart

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There were quite a lot of these butterflies along the trail mostly flying in pairs or with one butterfly chasing another one away

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SuziBond wrote:
   2 Jan 2018
This is a female. She doesn't have much of her hindwing left!

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