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

A Common Brown butterfly is quite a hairy beast with fine hairs even on the eye itself.

With its proboscis extended sucking up nectar, somehow it takes me back to a milk-bar back in my teens, with my brother Larry sitting beside me in the same booth.

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