Butterfly Families

The major butterfly families in Australia are:
Hesperiidae "Skippers & Darters"
Lycaenidae "Blues & Coppers"
Nymphalidae "Four-footed"
Papilionidae "Swallowtails & Birdwings"
Pieridae "Whites & Yellows"

Thursday 18 June 2020

Cairns Birdwing


Ornithoptera Euphorion
Kuranda, Qld
July 2015



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Saturday 16 February 2019

Dainty Swallowtail


Papilionidae / Papilio anactus
Bathurst, NSW
February 2019

Underside


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Sunday 25 November 2018

Australian Painted Lady


Nymphalidae / Vanessa kershawi
Tathra, NSW
November 2015


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Swordgrass Brown


Nymphalidae / Tisiphone
Ulladulla, NSW
November 2015

Underside

Batemans Bay, NSW
November 2015



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Cabbage White


Lepidoptera / Pieris rapae
Robe, South Australia
February 2016


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Friday 3 July 2015

Ulysses

Papilionidae / Papilio ulysses
Butterfly Sanctuary, Kuranda, Queensland
June 2015

Underside
Lake Barrine, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland
July 2015
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Orchard Swallowtail

Female
Papilionidae / Papilio aegeus
Butterfly Sanctuary, Kuranda, Queensland
June 2015

Bathurst, NSW
January 2022



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