1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1: ♂, Australien, New South Wales, Bringelly west of Sydney, agricultural area, shrubbery border, 10. November 2009 (det. & Freilandfoto: Mario Finkel)Forum

2: ♀, Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, 550 m, botanical garden, 11. February 2013 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

3-4: ♀, Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, 550 m, Campus of ANU, 19. February 2017, dead found (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

5: ♀, Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, 550 m, botanical garden, 11. February 2013 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

6: ♀, Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, 550 m, near botanical garden, 7. December 2014 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

7: ♂, Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, 550 m, botanical garden, 7. December 2014 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

8: ♂, Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, 550 m, near botanical garden, 7. December 2014 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

9: ♂, Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, 843 m, Mt Ainslie, 13. December 2014 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

10: Australia, Victoria, Tower Hill Reserve, ca. 30 m, 10. April 2016 (phot.: Nathanja Stricker), det. Rolf StrickerForum

11: Australia, Mornington Peninsula, Cape Schanck, Buschland, 50 m, 24. January 2022 (det. & phot.: Eckhard Schaefer)Forum

2. Diagnosis

2.1. Original description

1-2: Fabricius (1775: 495-496) [nach Copyright-freien Scans auf www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Papilio merope Fabricius, 1775 [Original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Oreas oenomais Hübner, [1819] [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Papilio themis Dalman, 1823 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Satyrus archemor Godart, [1824] [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hipparchia abroma Lucas, 1884 (nom. nud.) [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Heteronympha suffusa Skuse, 1895 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Subspecies

• Heteronympha merope duboulayi (Butler, 1867) [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Heteronympha merope salazar (Fruhstorfer, 1911) [subspecies according to funet.fi]

3.4. Faunistics

Nach [Global Biodiversity Information Facility] kommt die Art in Australien, Österreich?, China?, Indien, Japan und Philippinen vor.

Locus typicus gemäß Erstbeschreibung: Nova Hollandia.

(Autor: Michel Kettner)

3.5. Literature

• Original description: Fabricius, J. C. (1775): Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. 1-832 (Flensburg und Leipzig: Officina Libraria Kortii).

3.6. Informations from other websites (external links)

• [BOLD]
• [Global Biodiversity Information Facility]
• [Australian Lepidoptera Butterflyhouse]
• [Butterflies of Australia]