Hypocysta metirius
Brown Ringlet at Undefined Area
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| Hypocysta metirius | DiBickers | 9 May 2025 | |
| Hypocysta metirius | donhe | 9 May 2025 | |
| Hypocysta euphemia | CharlesDove | 19 Jul 2018 | |
| Hypocysta euphemia | CharlesDove | 19 Jul 2018 | |
| Unverified | CharlesDove | 18 Jul 2018 |
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Hypocysta euphemia, the rock ringlet, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Australia, including southern Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. The wingspan is about 40 mm.
11 comments
11 Aug 2018
Hi Charles and plants. Are you sure this is a Rock Ringlet? There are no eyespots on the forewings, a diagnostic feature for this species. It looks more like Orange Ringlet (Hypocysta adiante) to me.
11 Aug 2018
Have not had a chance to over a few of them, will do soon, just been busy uploading a lot of files.
23 Mar 2024
Lovely photo, but I agree with Suzi, looks more like an Orange Ringlet to me :).
24 Mar 2024
H. euphemia commonly has eyespots under the forewing. H. irius has the strongly marked lines under the forewing.
7 May 2025
I am not a moderator for lepidoptera, but this now seems more like H.adiante. H.irius would be a long way south of its range; not impossible.
7 May 2025
9 May 2025
Respectfully disagree with this verification Di - not H. irius. Suggest this one is actually H. metirius, as id by the good folks on iNat some years ago, see: https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/64773093 . Other than the southerly location of the sighting there is a good deal of difference in the hw undersides of these two species.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.486583-35.278746
- Places Lake Conjola, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 3 Apr 2015 12:00 AM Recorded on
- CharlesDove Recorded by
Collections
- CharlesDove NatureMapr South Coast Hypocysta metirius Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Hypocysta metirius Scientific name
- Brown Ringlet Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1107m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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