Common Brown Heteronympha merope merope
Wingspan: 56 mm - 64 mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: October - April
(Note three subspecies are known: (Heteronympha merope merope, H. m. duboulayi & H. m.salazar)
Distribution: Rockhamton, QLD to Port Lincoln, SA (H. m. merope), South-Western WA (H. m. duboulayi) & Tasmania & Islands H. m.salazar)
Status Claire Cottage: common
Status Dorrigo Plateau: common
Wingspan: 56 mm - 64 mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: October - April
(Note three subspecies are known: (Heteronympha merope merope, H. m. duboulayi & H. m.salazar)
Distribution: Rockhamton, QLD to Port Lincoln, SA (H. m. merope), South-Western WA (H. m. duboulayi) & Tasmania & Islands H. m.salazar)
Status Claire Cottage: common
Status Dorrigo Plateau: common
Common Brown (male), Claire Cottage Dorrigo Plateau, 5 Dec 2018
Common Brown (male) at Mt. Hyland, near Dundurrabin, NSW seen in the brief moment his wings were open
Common Brown (female) with damaged wings & a body injury, but still alive, Claire Cottage, Dorrigo Plateau. Nov 2017
Like all the Browns the cryptic colouring of this butterfly's undersides make it difficult to see at rest on the forest floor. And like many of the other Browns, the upperside of its wings is orange and brown - easy to see when it is flying.
Recently emerged male Common Brown in our garden
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Newly planted Poa labillardieri, Common Tussock Grass
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Common Brown (male), Claire Cottage Dorrigo Plateau, 5 Dec 2018
Common Brown female at Mt.Hyland, near Dundurrabin, NSW
Common Brown Heteronympha merope
Wingspan: 56 mm - 64 mm
(Note three subspecies are known: (Heteronympha merope merope, H. m. duboulayi & H. m.salazar)
Distribution: Rockhamton, QLD to Port Lincoln, SA (H. m. merope), South-Western WA (H. m. duboulayi) & Tasmania & Islands H. m.salazar).
Status Claire Cottage: common
Status Dorrigo Plateau: common
Butterfly Sightings:
Larva Sightings:
Larval Food Plants:
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
Habitat where found at Claire Cottage: Rainforest edge
First warm season sighting - Claire Cottage, Dorrigo Plateau:
28/11/18 - 10.30am (female). 05/12/18 - 12.15pm (male).
09/11/19 - 11.00am (female). ??/??/19 - ??.?? (male).
00/00/20 - (female) 00/00/20 - (male)
Last autumn sighting - Claire Cottage, Dorrigo Plateau: Females 31/03/18 - 03.15pm - 29/04/19 - 03.00pm.
Wingspan: 56 mm - 64 mm
(Note three subspecies are known: (Heteronympha merope merope, H. m. duboulayi & H. m.salazar)
Distribution: Rockhamton, QLD to Port Lincoln, SA (H. m. merope), South-Western WA (H. m. duboulayi) & Tasmania & Islands H. m.salazar).
Status Claire Cottage: common
Status Dorrigo Plateau: common
Butterfly Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: Oct 2016 (m), Nov 2004, 2006, 2012, 2017 (m & f), 2019, Dec 2008 (f), 2014 (f), 2016 (f), 2020 (f), 2019, Feb 2010, Mar 2007, 2008 (f), 2014 (f), 2017 (f), 2018 (f), Apr 2004, 2010, 2016 (m & f)
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: None to date
Larva Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: None to date
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: None to date
Larval Food Plants:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: POACEAE: Microlaena stipoides, Themeda triandra (Kangaroo Grass), *Ehrharta erecta, (Panic veldt grass)
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: (as for Claire Cottage)
- ELSEWHERE: (as for Claire Cottage plus) POACEAE: Cynodon Dactylon (Couch), Poa poiformis (Coast Tussock-grass), Poa tenera (Slender Tussock-grass), *Brachypodium distachyon , (False Brome).
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
Habitat where found at Claire Cottage: Rainforest edge
First warm season sighting - Claire Cottage, Dorrigo Plateau:
28/11/18 - 10.30am (female). 05/12/18 - 12.15pm (male).
09/11/19 - 11.00am (female). ??/??/19 - ??.?? (male).
00/00/20 - (female) 00/00/20 - (male)
Last autumn sighting - Claire Cottage, Dorrigo Plateau: Females 31/03/18 - 03.15pm - 29/04/19 - 03.00pm.
