Heteronympha merope
Common Brown Butterfly at Paddys River, ACT
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| Heteronympha merope | MatthewFrawley | 7 Mar 2023 | |
| Heteronympha merope | CarbonAI | 7 Mar 2023 | |
| Heteronympha merope | SWishart | 7 Mar 2023 |
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2 comments
7 Mar 2023
Mostly females but the numbers were so overwhelming it was hard for me to pick other nymphs. I've put one male up that I saw further up the hill (off track) where there weren't many butterflies at all
Location information
- Coordinates 148.931952-35.473873
- Altitude 1015.7m
- Maps Gibraltar Pines
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 3 Mar 2023 10:38 AM Recorded on
- SWishart Recorded by
- Masses along the management trail - it was like walking through a butterfly house Associated animal
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Female Gender
Collections
- SWishart 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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