Hobart Brown

Description:

The upper surfaces of the wings of the adult butterflies are brown with pale yellow patches. The forewings each have a subapical row of small white spots. The upper sides of the hindwings each have two or three eyespots. Underneath, the forewings are fawn with black and off-white patches, and a row of three white spots. The underside of each hindwing is brown with dull orange patches, and a subterminal arc of small eyespots.

Habitat:

Open grassy area of the dry eucalypt , gum reserve.

Notes:

This species is found in Australia only in Tasmania