Heteronympha merope
Common Brown Butterfly at Acton, ACT
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| Heteronympha merope | 5 Dec 2018 | MatthewFrawley | ||
| Unverified | 5 Dec 2018 | TimL |
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User's notes
Before mating, the two butterflies spent some time head-to-head as seen in the first two images.
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5 Dec 2018
Wonderful set of photos showing the male and female of the Common Brown together. Well captured.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.104887-35.275711
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 3 Dec 2018 02:07 PM Recorded on
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- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
Collections
- TimL 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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Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
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