Insect - Australian Butterflies

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Butterflies
Blues and Coppers
Varied Dusky-blue (Candalides hyacinthina) 1 image			The Varied Dusky-blue butterfly is brownish above and pale greyish color underneath. The females have purplish blue markings on the upper wings. It usually has its wings closed when at rest showing the pale spotted underside of the wings, and can be... Read more >
Hairy Line-blue (Erysichton lineata) 1 image			The Hairy Line-blue butterfly has long whitish hairs on the upper side of the wings. Males are a dusky blue color above and brownish underneath. Females have a white patch on the forewings above and below. The rear wings of both males and females... Read more >
Zebra Blue Butterfly (Leptotes plinius) 1 image			The Zebra Blue Butterfly is a small brownish and blue-grey butterfly. The underside is a marbled brown and white pattern. They are quite small and look like moths from a distance, but up close you see the blue patterns. Adults fly within a few... Read more >
Cycad Blue Butterfly (Theclinesthes onycha) 1 image			The Cycad Blue is brown washed with blue above, and brown and cream below. The hindwings have brown black spots on edge nearest the tail. Females have bolder markings than males. Read more >
Nymphs
Wanderer Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) 3 images			The Wanderer Butterfly is a large orange and black butterfly with narrow forewings. They have a slow gliding flight. Caterpillars are striped, and pupa are green and hang down under a leaf. Read more >
Common Crow Butterfly (Euploea core) 5 images			The Common Crow Butterfly is a large black butterfly with white spots on the fore wings and a band of elongated spots on the hind wings. The outer wing margins have small white spots. The males have a pair of hidden orange-yellow brushes at the tip... Read more >
Orange Ringlet (Hypocysta irius) 1 image			The Orange Ringlet is orange above with small eye spot on each hindwing. The underside of each hindwing has two eye spots. It flies close to the ground amongst grasses Read more >
Meadow Argus (Junonia villida) 1 image			The Meadow Argus is a brown butterfly with two prominent orange and black eye spots on each wing. They are usually seen within 1m of the ground, and are often seen at rest on the ground with wings open. In the tropics there is a paler dry-season... Read more >
Evening Brown (Melanitis leda) 2 images			The Evening Brown is a large orange brown butterfly with mottled brown underside. It has four small eye spots on the underside of the hind wing. It rests on the ground with its wings raised and takes flight at dusk. The larvae are green with... Read more >
Blue Tiger (Tirumala hamata) 1 image			The Blue Tiger is unmistakable with blue streaks oval spots on a dark background. They have a slow weak flight. Adults congregate in large numbers along creek banks along northern Queensland coast in dry season. Read more >
Skippers
Orange Palm Dart Butterfly (Cephenes augiades) 1 image			The Orange Palm Dart Butterfly is an orange and black skipper. Wing profile is triangular when the butterfly is at rest. Larva is pale green with banded head. Read more >
Splendid Ochre (Trapezites symmomus) 1 image			The Splendid Ochre is a fairly large Skipper butterfly with orange and brown pattern above and paler orange and yellow underside. The pattern of pale spots on lower wings is distinctive. The Splendid Ochre flies rapidly near the ground during sunny... Read more >
Swallowtails
Orchard Swallowtail (Papilio aegeus) 2 images			The male Orchard Swallowtail has black forewings with an arc of white spots near the tip. The hindwings have a white panel and single small red spot above. The underside of the male wings are black with red and blue spots. The female has black and... Read more >
Whites and Yellows
Lemon Migrant (Catopsilia pyranthe) 2 images			The Lemon Migrant is a medium cream or yellowish butterfly. Sometimes has reddish markings under wings. Caterpillars are green with creamy white lines alone each side. Read more >
Scarlet Jezebel (Delias argenthona) 1 image			The Scarlet Jezebel is a beautiful butterfly with brilliant markings of red, white, yellow and black. It is usually seen high in the tree canopy where it feeds on flower nectar. Read more >
Large Grass-yellow (Eurema hecabe) 1 image			The Large Grass-yellow butterfly has black tips on the upper side of the forewings. The underside of the wings are yellow with small dirty looking dark marks. Read more >