Heteronympha merope
1 Common Brown Butterfly at Hughes, ACT
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| Heteronympha merope | SuziBond | 21 Nov 2018 | |
| Heteronympha merope | JonSteinbeck | 18 Nov 2018 |
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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
21 Nov 2018
Wonderful photos! Yes, the Common Browns are incredibly hard to see when they land and close their wings on the ground.
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
- Leef litter Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Male Gender
Collections
- BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Heteronympha merope Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
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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