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Oreixenica correae
Wingspan about 35mm. Sitting on the flower heads of Soft Snow Grass (Poa hiemata) at 1280Metres.
Mountain top snow field, mid summer, national park.
Also called 'Correa Brown' (and Miguel.. see last pic)
The larvae feed on Soft Snow Grass ( Poa hiemata ) http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bi...
family: NYMPHALIDAE
subfamily: SATYRINAE
tribe: Satyrini
subtribe: Coenonymphina
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Spotted on Feb 9, 2015
Submitted on Feb 9, 2015
2 Comments
Thanks James. Did you notice the moustache on this one? Still cracks me up.
Exquisite shots Mark, the fine detail is superb.