1. Imago

1: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, botanical garden, 14. February 2013 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

2: Australia, Victoria, Creswick, 450 m, 11. February 2018 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

3: Australia, Victoria, Creswick, 450 m, 10. February 2018 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

2. Further information

2.1. Subspecies

• Heteronympha penelope sterope Waterhouse, 1937 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Heteronympha penelope alope Waterhouse, 1937 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Heteronympha penelope diemeni Waterhouse, 1937 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Heteronympha penelope panope Waterhouse, 1937 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Heteronympha penelope maraia Tindale, 1952 [subspecies according to funet.fi]

2.2. Literature

• Original description: Waterhouse, G. A. (1937): On the Identity of the Butterfly Known in Australia as Heteronympha philerope Boisd., 1832. — The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62: 253-258. — Digital version at biodiversitylibrary.org: [text].