Hypocysta metirius
Brown Ringlet at Undefined Area
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| Hypocysta metirius | 9 May 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Hypocysta metirius | 9 May 2025 | donhe | ||
| Hypocysta euphemia | 19 Jul 2018 | CharlesDove | ||
| Hypocysta euphemia | 19 Jul 2018 | CharlesDove | ||
| Unverified | 18 Jul 2018 | CharlesDove |
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Hypocysta euphemia, the rock ringlet, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Australia, including southern Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. The wingspan is about 40 mm.
11 comments
CharlesDove
wrote:
19 Jul 2018
yes I will need to add it to the species list, ment to do it last night
SuziBond
wrote:
11 Aug 2018
Hi Charles and plants. Are you sure this is a Rock Ringlet? There are no eyespots on the forewings, a diagnostic feature for this species. It looks more like Orange Ringlet (Hypocysta adiante) to me.
CharlesDove
wrote:
11 Aug 2018
Have not had a chance to over a few of them, will do soon, just been busy uploading a lot of files.
Christine
wrote:
23 Mar 2024
Lovely photo, but I agree with Suzi, looks more like an Orange Ringlet to me :).
donhe
wrote:
24 Mar 2024
H. euphemia commonly has eyespots under the forewing. H. irius has the strongly marked lines under the forewing.
plants
wrote:
7 May 2025
I am not a moderator for lepidoptera, but this now seems more like H.adiante. H.irius would be a long way south of its range; not impossible.
DiBickers
wrote:
7 May 2025
owenh
wrote:
9 May 2025
Respectfully disagree with this verification Di - not H. irius. Suggest this one is actually H. metirius, as id by the good folks on iNat some years ago, see: https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/64773093 . Other than the southerly location of the sighting there is a good deal of difference in the hw undersides of these two species.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.486583-35.278746
- Places Lake Conjola, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 3 Apr 2015 12:00 AM Recorded on
- CharlesDove Recorded by
Collections
- CharlesDove NatureMapr South Coast Hypocysta metirius Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Hypocysta metirius Scientific name
- Brown Ringlet Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1107m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
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- Description
- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Additional attributes