Heteronympha merope

Common Brown Butterfly at QPRC LGA

Heteronympha merope at QPRC LGA - 20 Nov 2023 02:59 PM

Heteronympha merope at QPRC LGA - 20 Nov 2023 02:59 PM

Heteronympha merope at QPRC LGA - 20 Nov 2023 02:59 PM

Heteronympha merope at QPRC LGA - 20 Nov 2023 02:59 PM

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Identification history

	Heteronympha merope	20 Nov 2023	MatthewFrawley
	Unverified	20 Nov 2023	Csteele4

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User's notes

Only photos I could get before it flew off, unfortunately. Initially thought it was Vanessa itea, but it was not.

2 comments

MatthewFrawley wrote:

20 Nov 2023

This one is a female Common Brown.

Csteele4 wrote:

20 Nov 2023

@MatthewFrawley Oh!! That is why it looked different! That makes sense, as the area was chockers with Common Browns cavorting.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.550999 -35.525546
Altitude 1040.0m
Maps Tallaganda State Forest
Places Farringdon, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
20 Nov 2023 02:59 PM Recorded on
Csteele4 Recorded by
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Csteele4 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects

Additional information

Alive / healthy Animal health
25mm to 50mm Animal size
False Insect on a flower

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
1298 images trained Machine learning
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