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Common brown

Heteronympha merope male

Photo by MartinL
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Description:

Bright brown butterfly feeding on flower nectar

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MartinL
The females are larger and more pretty. They emerge a bit later, on average and the fitter males (that live longer) get to procreate

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PublishedDecember 4, 2011

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