Heteronympha merope

Common Brown Butterfly at Isaacs, ACT

Heteronympha merope at Isaacs, ACT - 4 Jan 2011

Heteronympha merope at Isaacs, ACT - 4 Jan 2011

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Identification history

	Heteronympha merope	4 Jan 2018	SuziBond
	Unidentified	4 Jan 2018	Mike

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SuziBond wrote:

5 Jan 2018

Hi Mike, this is a male Common Brown.

Mike wrote:

5 Jan 2018

It was feeding on the same plant as several Fiery Copper butterflies.

SuziBond wrote:

5 Jan 2018

Yep, butterflies love flowering Bursaria, and the Fiery Coppers breed on it.

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Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
4 Jan 2011 04:28 PM Recorded on
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Insects Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Mike Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla Associated plant
25mm to 50mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health
Feeding Insect behaviour on flower
True Pollinator Insect on Flower

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
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