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Imperial Jezebel (Delias harpalyce)Observer
colinandwendycookDescription
Emerging from pupae. In the fourth photo, the middle pupa is just beginning to emerge. Antennae and legs are visible at the top. We returned three days later. The two butterflies beginning to emerge from their pupae were unchanged, so they must have died while trying to get out.
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Wonder Brown (Heteronympha mirifica)Observer
andrewpavlovDescription
Wonder brown - a number seen. Photos taken along Palmdale Road, Palmdale.
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Wide-faced Darner (Dendroaeschna conspersa)Observer
helenschofieldDescription
Large. Each wing has a single obvious yellowish mark - seen in several photos.
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Tailed Emperor (Charaxes sempronius)Observer
davidtytherleighDescription
Fluttering around several Bottles trees at the main entrance. Finally settled allowing for great views and photos to be taken. Vagrant to the area?
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Tailed Emperor (Charaxes sempronius)Observer
dawn601Description
Large butterfly, it spent about an hour flying around and landing on a hybrid kurrajong tree. It appears to have been laying eggs. newly laid egg visible in photographs
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Bright Shield-Skipper (Timoconia flammeata)Observer
gayleosborneDescription
On Achillea millefolium (Yarrow)
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Moonlight Jewel (Hypochrysops delicia)Observer
russkazDescription
Just off Bellbird Track, Churchill National Park
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Chequered Copper (Lucia limbaria)Observer
quixelDescription
Feeding on a native Everlasting Daisy.
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Small Green-banded Blue (Psychonotis caelius)Observer
rosewiseDescription
Male & female
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Jezebel Nymph (Mynes geoffroyi)Observer
paulapeetersDescription
On Dendrocnide excelsa
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Small Dusky-Blue (Erina erina)Observer
leithallbDescription
Have included a photo with a ruler to give an indication of size
4752/54/56
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Chocolate Argus (Junonia hedonia)Observer
lorraineharrisDescription
Female Chocolate Argus or Brown Soldier butterfly, Junonia hedonia, seen in Australia's tropical far north tropics near Atherton, Atherton Tablelands.
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Blue Ringtail (Austrolestes annulosus)Observer
ghgDescription
Possibly a Wandering Ringtail?
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Amethyst Hairstreak (Jalmenus icilius)Observer
russellbestDescription
These two pics are possibly not the same individual. Four adults flying around their host plant, Acacia melanoxylon (Blackwood). NB. this is the first population of this species found using Acacia melanoxylon as a host.
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Amethyst Hairstreak (Jalmenus icilius)Observer
russellbestDescription
Flying around Acacia melanoxylon.
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russellbestDescription
Large population near Sanitorium Lake picnic area car park.
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Broad-margined Azure (Ogyris olane)Observer
koolahDescription
This was one of a pair that visited our home in the Brisbane Ranges. They feed on mistletoe nectar in forests and woodlands.
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Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum caledonicum)Observer
gpossDescription
I think a female (body shape?)
