Heteronympha paradelpha
Spotted Brown at Cook, ACT
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| Heteronympha paradelpha | SuziBond | 25 Mar 2021 | |
| Heteronympha paradelpha | drakes | 22 Mar 2021 |
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User's notes
Cook, suburban garden. Same location as 4373016, and same behaviour of landing in lawn grass rather than shrubs or flowers (which were available). Greyish hindwing underside of 4373016 not evident in this individual: female (4373016) and male?
2 comments
25 Mar 2021
This looks like a female to me, and the behaviour of landing in the grass also sounds like a female. Have you seen any egg-laying in your yard? This species breeds on soft grasses.
25 Mar 2021
Both definitely landed in the green lawn grass. My photography efforts would have disturbed egg-laying. :-( What marks this one as a female?
Location information
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- drakes Recorded by
- Lawn grass (green) Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- drakes Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Heteronympha paradelpha Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Heteronympha paradelpha Scientific name
- Spotted Brown Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1283.3m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
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