Meadow Argus: Underwings, Forewings Up

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Brown Butterfly (Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Meadow Argus (Junonia villida)

This Photo:

🔍Underwings, Forewings Up🔎

Thank you Matt Endacott & Karen Weaving for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere
Brown & orange butterfly with 4 trailing "eye" pattern on the wings.

This species is classed as

C (Common)

on the South Australian Butterflies & Moths website

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