Heteronympha merope
Common Brown Butterfly at Goorooyarroo NR (ACT)
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| Heteronympha merope | owenh | 14 Feb 2024 | |
| Heteronympha merope | JimL | 13 Feb 2024 |
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User's notes
Colouration seems also on outside of wing. Stewing over this for a few days! Most likely Common Brown, was the only one that I saw. Otherwise, a Xenica?
It only stopped long enough for two photos and was gone before I could step forward!
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.176044-35.185858
- Altitude 687.9m
- Maps Goorooyarroo NR (ACT)
- Places Throsby, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 11 Feb 2024 12:16 PM Recorded on
- JimL Recorded by
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- No Insect on a flower
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- JimL 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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6 / 7
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
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