Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae

Heteronympha merope  

Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)
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© Vik Dunis 2013
Wilsons Prom National Park, VIC (Feb, 2013)
Common Names
  • Common Brown

This male Common Brown is one of the tattiest and most worn living butterflies I have seen, and it is even still capable of flying.

It has lost large areas of the scales from its wings exposing the shiny membrane beneath, and its wings are holed and frayed.

Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)

Male Common Brown

Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)

Well Worn

Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)

Male Common Brown

Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)

Male Common Brown

Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)

Female Common Brown

Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)

Common Brown

Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)

Common Brown

Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)

Female Common Brown

Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)

Female Common Brown

Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)

Male Common Brown

Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)

Common Brown Close-up

Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)

PR Nightmare!

Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)

Male Common Brown