Butterfly Families

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

Friday 3 July 2015

Ulysses

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

Underside
Lake Barrine, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland
July 2015

Orchard Swallowtail

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

Bathurst, NSW
January 2022



Australian Rustic

Nymphalidae / Cupha prosope
Barron Falls, Kuranda, Queensland
June 2015

Kuranda, Qld
June 2015

Thursday 4 June 2015

Orange Bush-brown

Nymphalidae / Mycalesis terminus
Townsville, Queensland
June 2015

Tailed Emperor

Nymphalidae / Polyura sempronius
Townsville, Queensland
June 2015

Macleay's Grass-yellow

Pieridae / Eurema herla
Also known as the Pink Grass-yellow
Proserpine, Queensland
May 2015

Sunday 31 May 2015

Blue Tiger

Nymphalidae / Tirumala Hamata
Proserpine, Queensland
May 2015
A survivor of a few bird attacks!

underside
Townsville, Queensland
June 2015

Thursday 28 May 2015

Orange Ringlet

Nymphalidae / Hypocysta adiante
Lake Boondooma, Queensland
May 2015

underside

Common Australian Crow

Nymphalidae / Euphoea core
Lotus Creek, Queensland
May 2015

underside

Meadow Argus

Nymphalidae / Junonia Villida
Lake Boondooma, Queensland
May 2015

Bathurst, NSW
April 2019

Lesser Wanderer

Nymphalidae / Danaus petilia
Lake Boondooma, Queensland
May 2015

Common Brown

Nymphalidae / Heteronympha merope
Porongurup Range, WA
Dec 14

Nymphalidae / Heteronympha merope
Robe, South Australia
February 2016

Northern Jezabel

Pieridae / Delias argenthona
Lake Awoonga, Queensland
May 2015

Clearwing Swallowtail ("Big Greasy")

Papilionidae / Cressida Cressida
Lake Awoonga, Queensland
May 2015

Wednesday 27 May 2015

Common Eggfly (called Blue Moon in NZ)

Nymphalidae / Hypolimnas bolina
called Blue Moon in NZ
Lake Awoonga, Queensland
May 2015

Varied Eggfly
Kuranda, Qld
July 2015