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Heteronympha merope
Common Brown Butterfly at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Heteronympha merope | 29 Dec 2022 | owenh | ||
| Heteronympha merope | 29 Dec 2022 | MatthewFrawley |
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User's notes
Male shown in photo, mostly males seen but some females, still the most abundant butterfly flying in Mount Taylor Nature Reserve at the moment, and possibly across the whole continent
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.067785-35.367903
- Maps Mount Taylor
- Places Kambah, ACT
Species information
- Heteronympha merope Scientific name
- Common Brown Butterfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local Native
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 29 Dec 2022 01:53 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
Additional information
- Xerochrysum viscosum Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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