# north Australian butterflies # Photo Gallery by Don at pbase.com

# north Australian butterflies #

The main gallery are butterflies from the northern half of Australia. Four sub-galleries at the end comprise butterflies from Iron Range (also in northern Australia), south-east Queensland, Victoria (in southern Australia), from other countries, and a miscellany of duplicate photos.
There are more northern Australian butterflies - species photographed in my backyard - here: https://pbase.com/donfranklin/backyard_wildlife

species are in checklist order

Regent Skipper	Bronze Flat	Pied Flat	Northern Silver Ochre	Black-ringed Ochre
Brown Ochre	Orange Ochre	Sandstone Ochre	Splendid Ochre	Sword-brand Grass-skipper
Banded Grass-skipper	White-brand Grass-skipper	Dingy Grass-skipper	Spotted Sedge-skipper	Two-spotted Sedge-skipper
Grey Sedge-skipper	Dingy Swift male	Lyell's Swift	White-banded Grass-dart	Orange Grass-dart
Wide-brand Grass-dart	Scrub Darter	Northern Sedge-darter	Pale-orange Darter	Bright-orange Darter male
Narrow-brand Darter	Narrow-brand Darter	Narrow-brand Darter	Orange Palm-dart female	Yellow Palm-dart
White-clubbed Swift	Macleay's Swallowtail	Blue Triangle	fight for the flowers	Green-spotted Triangle
Dainty Swallowtail	Orchard Swallowtail	Orchard Swallowtail caterpillar	Ambrax Swallowtail male	Ambrax Swallowtail caterpillar
Fuscous Swallowtail	Fuscous Swallowtail chrysalis	Chequered Swallowtail	Clearwing Swallowtails mating	Cairns Birdwing male
Cairns Birdwing female	Cairns Birdwing chrysalis	White Migrants	Orange Migrant	Small Pearl-white
Delicate Pearl-white	Caper White	Caper White caterpillar	Caper White chrysalis	Yellow Albatross
Yellow Albatross	Yellow Albatross	Caper Gull	Yellow-spotted Jezebel	Red-banded Jezebel
Scarlet Jezebel	Scarlet Jezebel chrysalis (pupa)	Blue Tiger	Monarch	Two-brand Crow
Purple Crow	Small Brown Crow	Common Crow caterpillar	Common Crow chrysalis	Common Crow
Hamadryad	Red Lacewing	Glasswings	Tawny Coster	Tawny Coster
Cruiser	Bordered Rustic	Black-eyed Plane	Yellow-eyed Plane	White-banded Plane
Jezebel Nymph	Blue Argus	Blue Argus caterpillar	Meadow Argus	Chocolate Argus
Lurcher	Blue-banded Eggfly	Varied Eggfly female	Varied Eggfly female	Varied Eggfly male
Leafwing	Tailed Emperor	Palmfly female	Palmfly male	Evening Brown
Dingy Bush-brown	Orange Bush-brown	Orange Bush-brown	Northern Sword-grass Brown	Wonder Brown
Orange-streaked Ringlet	Brown Ringlet	Brown Ringlets	Grey Ringlet	Dusky Knight
Fiery Copper	Dark Forest-blue	Bright Forest-blue	Narcissus Jewel	Coral Jewel
Copper Jewel	Purple Moonbeam male	Purple Oak-blue female	Bright Oak-blue	White Oak-blue
Northern Purple Azure	Macqueen's Hairstreak	Northern Hairstreak	Northern Hairstreak caterpillars	Black-spotted Flash
Bright Cornelian	White-spotted Flash exit holes	Princess Flash	Indigo Flash	Pale Ciliate-blue
Glistening Pencil-blue	Large Trident-blue	Large Trident-blue	Varied Dusky-blue	Small Dusky-blue
Spotted Dusky-blue	White-banded Line-blue	Green-banded Line-blue	Small Green-banded Blue	Long-tailed Line-blue
Speckled Line-blue	Fringed Heath-blue	Cycad Blue	Purple Cerulean	White-banded Cerulean female
Pale Pea-blue	Plumbago Blue	Common Grass-blue	Black-spotted Grass-blue	Spotted Pea-blue
# Iron Range butterflies #	# SE Queensland butterflies #	# Victorian butterflies #	# some non-Australian species #	# more butterflies #

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Kevin D Warren		29-Jan-2025 20:52
A magnificent collection and a labor of love.

Dan Opdal		28-Jan-2025 02:49
Wonderful Collection! V

Jean-Claude Billonneau		20-Jun-2023 18:39
Riche galerie avec beaucoup de photos de beaux papillons. V

Hennie & Lies Lammers		12-Apr-2023 06:43
An impressive gallery!

Danad		27-Jan-2023 15:01
A very beautiful collection of superb close-ups ! V

William Price		06-Jan-2023 20:07
Great collection

Gerwyn Gibbs		03-Aug-2022 14:18
Some lovely images of beautiful butterflies in your gallery, far more colourful than those found in the UK.

Nestor Derkach		03-Jun-2022 16:13
Excellent gallery well seen and photographed. Vote

Art Wittingen		17-May-2022 08:10
Wonderful gallery ! great work

Claude Gagnon		18-Apr-2022 11:45
Bravo Don for this amazing and so colorful gallery :)) V

Ton T.		07-Apr-2022 15:00
A fabulous gallery filled with lots of fantastic butterfly images! V

Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography		05-Apr-2022 17:06
Great collection of beautiful images, Voted.

Zolt�n Balogh		02-Apr-2022 09:50
Awesome and really diverse gallery with fabulous photographs! V

lroz		11-Mar-2022 23:45
A nice collection. Well done.

Philip P		27-Feb-2022 23:48
An impressive gallery indeed!

Ursula Miller		03-May-2021 09:03
A great gallery of these beautiful butterflies! VV

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		04-Apr-2021 06:36
Very nice collection!Vote Paolo

Stephen Cromer		23-Oct-2018 01:46
Nice gallery.

Judy Misquitta		20-Oct-2018 15:38
I love butterflies, and these are great captures! You sure have a steady hand..thanks for sharing!

George McCarten		31-Mar-2018 18:04
A stellar gallery!

Bert Ooms		27-Mar-2018 19:14
Wonderful butterflies you have down under!! Great collection! V best, Bert

Steve Macomber		28-Jan-2018 12:18
Beautiful collection. Well done. V

William Price		03-Aug-2017 17:52
Great selection of your local Butterflies

Johnnie Rogers		25-Apr-2017 07:37
A feast for the eyes I can only dream about! ~v~

Dan Greenberg		28-Mar-2017 03:54
Truly an amazing collection! All so nicely composed and captured. ~BV~

Gill Kopy		11-Mar-2017 02:16
An amazing gallery - so much beauty :) V

Stanley Nartey		14-Feb-2017 06:17
Wonderful Gallery. Good job. VV

victorswan		06-Feb-2017 20:30
wow what a great colection and lovely gallery BV

Jacob Padrul		16-Dec-2016 03:23
Excellent collection - very difficult subject for any photographer

Unrepentant snapshooter!		05-Dec-2016 22:27
Beautifully done!

Alla Gilbourd		02-Dec-2016 10:19
Wonderful collection! V

Fabienne		22-Nov-2016 22:05
C'est une superbe galerie. Vous avez photographié ces papillons avec talent.

Gary Wilson		17-Jul-2016 14:52
It's a pleasure to see different species from other parts of the world.

Anna & Christian RECK		28-Jun-2016 10:17
It"s a dream for me to see all these gorgeous butterflies in the nature and not only in a tropical greenhouse!! Perhaps one day... in Australia!! BV.Anna

Nirvan Hope		18-Feb-2016 06:25
A stunning gallery, every image honoring the colorful, unique beauty of these delicate winged creatures.

Alexander Kazakov		14-Feb-2016 12:00
Fantastic gallery! V

Adit Merkine		13-Feb-2016 21:27
Beautiful!

Nestor Derkach		08-Nov-2015 12:09
Very nice Butterfly collection, you photographed them nicely. Vote

Michael Dougherty		19-Jan-2015 02:03
A very nice collection. I love shooting butterflies as well. They are a tricky subject, but you nailed them. Nice compos.

Hennie & Lies Lammers		12-Jan-2015 19:42
Excellent collection of photos!V Kind regards, Lies Lammers

Johnnie Rogers		28-Dec-2014 00:14
Stunning shots, these tropical species make ours seem so drab!

Franca Blom		13-Nov-2014 10:45
Wow! Very nice butterflies in this gallery. These we can only see in the butterflyzoo. Great colours.

christer		25-Oct-2014 09:20
Magnifique cette photo,pose and composition.

trento redento		04-Sep-2014 07:40
GALLERY BEAUTIFUL WELL MADE GREAT WORK BRAVO -VV-

M Paula Neumann		21-May-2014 18:12
Wonderful gallery. V

caio		24-Apr-2014 22:37
Beautiful gallery and great work

Ann Pettigrew		06-Feb-2014 21:02
What a treat to see a collection of Australian butterflies! You have some outstanding macros fo these beauties! V

Thijs van den Burg		27-Oct-2013 04:15
Excellent gallery with beautiful species of butterflies! Best regards, Thijs

Paul Runnest�		25-Aug-2013 19:29
A beautiful collection of butterflies - well done.

Chris K.		21-Aug-2013 14:39
Great collection;)

Guest		30-Jun-2013 15:45
Excellent gallery with a nice variety of Butterflies...

Ulla Kruys		10-Jun-2013 11:48
An interesting and very beautiful collection! Thanks! V

Tom LeRoy		19-May-2013 12:15
An impressive collection of excellently photographed butterflies! V

Ashley Hockenberry		13-Apr-2013 14:46
Very nice collection!

Ika Zinka Eferl		01-Apr-2013 05:50
Very nice gallery!V

alxnavarro		11-Jan-2013 19:07
Great collection of fine images!

Albert Noorlander		13-Dec-2012 17:06
Very nice gallery

carlogalliani		04-Dec-2012 14:11
Great gallery !

R�al Jauvin		25-Sep-2012 15:58
Magnifique galerie de toute en couleur de ces superbes papillons! Félicitations pour cet excellent travail!

Victor Tackett		24-Sep-2012 04:37
You have beautiful butterflies, I'd love to see them someday.

fredrcox		13-Sep-2012 02:13
A fantastic collection!

Torben Jorgensen		30-Aug-2012 12:58
Excellent gallery of (for me) different looking butterflies.

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