Solander's Brown at Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Heteronympha solandri | 10 Jan 2018 | SuziBond | ||
| Heteronympha banksii | 10 Jan 2018 | PeterR |
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User's notes
I assume Banks' Brown as it had a white spot on the forewing
2 comments
SuziBond
wrote:
11 Jan 2018
Banks' Brown have a more mottled hindwing and different eyespots compared to Solander's Brown. Also it is a bit early in the season for Banks' Brown, we don't have any December records for their adults.
PeterR
wrote:
11 Jan 2018
Many thanks for the clarification, it is good to learn more about the differences.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.809986-35.539036
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 24 Dec 2017 01:45 PM Recorded on
- PeterR Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) PeterR Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Heteronympha solandri Scientific name
- Solander's Brown Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1823.3m Recorded at altitude
- 36 images trained Machine learning
