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