Heteronympha merope
Common Brown Butterfly at Magpie Hill Park, Lyneham
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| Heteronympha merope | owenh | 26 Nov 2023 | |
| Unverified | MPhillips | 26 Nov 2023 |
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There are many of them flying today and perching on grasses and bushes - often with wings open.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.121296-35.247255
- Maps Magpie Hill Park, Lyneham
- Places Lyneham, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Nov 2023 11:41 AM Recorded on
- MPhillips Recorded by
- Grass and leaf litter Associated plant
- It was perched very close to another butterfly with wings closed and a little damaged. The wings of the other butterfly were a mottled light brownish colour. Associated animal
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- MPhillips 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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