Common Brown Butterfly at Drouin, VIC
Identification history
| Heteronympha merope | 19 Feb 2024 | SuziBond | ||
| Heteronympha merope | 19 Feb 2024 | Petesteamer |
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Mass hatching after recent rain.
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Location information
- Coordinates 145.833743-38.095597
- Places Drouin, VIC
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 14 Feb 2024 09:22 AM Recorded on
- Petesteamer Recorded by
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Petesteamer NatureMapr Heteronympha merope Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Additional information
- Perching mainly on leaf litter or tree bark in mixed Lowland forest habitat. Eucalypts interspersed with Angophora, good understory of shrubs, grasses and bracken Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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