Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae

Heteronympha merope  

Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)
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© Vik Dunis 2013
Bunyip State Park, VIC (Mar, 2013)
Common Names
  • Common Brown

This female Common Brown looked freshly emerged from the pupa. She was stunningly beautiful with bright sharp colours, undamaged wings and an iridescent sheen.

We observed many females along our walk, but males, it now being early March, were virtually absent. This butterfly's chances of finding a mate and laying viable eggs are reducing.

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