Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae

Heteronympha merope  

Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)
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© Vik Dunis 2012
Brisbane Ranges National Park, VIC (Dec, 2012)
Common Names
  • Common Brown

Close-up of a Common Brown butterfly. Its proboscis is extended and through this it feeds. Grains of pollen adhere to the very fine hairs projecting from its eyes.

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