Belair National Park Butterflies and MothsHeteronympha merope (Common Brown) Nemophora laurella
Heteronympha merope is commonly known as the Common Brown Butterfly, endemic to the southern half of Australia. The male is smaller then the female, with a wingspan of about 60 mm, the female wingspan being about 70 mm.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Unranked: Ditrysia
- Superfamily: Papilionoidea
- Family: Nymphalidae
- Subfamily: Satyrinae
- Tribe: Satyrini
- Subtribe: Coenonymphina
- Genus: Heteronympha
- Species: Heteronympha merope
- Subspecies:
- Heteronympha merope duboulayi (Butler, 1867)
- Heteronympha merope merope (Fabricius, 1775)
- Heteronympha merope salazar Fruhstorfer, 1911
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Marianne Broug
- Heteronympha merope (Fabricius, 1775), Common Brown Butterfly, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8af934d1-3d47-4d4a-aac6-0d7ed64745b7
Belair National Park Butterflies and MothsHeteronympha merope (Common Brown) Nemophora laurella
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