Pelopidas lyelli (Lyell’s Swift)
28/04/2023
Smithfield Conservation Park, Cairns
29/04/2023
Cairns
17/04/2018
East Point, Darwin
17/04/2018
East Point, Darwin
17/04/2018
East Point, Darwin
18/04/2018
Esplanade, Darwin
25/03/2016
Cairns
27/04/2021
Cairns
25/03/2016
Cairns
27/03/2016
Cairns
22/04/2011
Kuranda
30/05/2010
Kuranda
02/01/2009
Frenchmans Creek, Cairns
26/04/2006
Cairns
27/04/2006
Cairns
26/04/2006
Cairns
27/04/2006
Cairns
27/04/2006
Cairns
26/10/2005
Cairns
26/10/2005
Cairns
Other Common Name
Common Swift
Notes
On my first trip to Cairns I mostly saw these butterflies in the Central Swamp, but they were also in the park and the Botanic Gardens. One of the males in the Swamp provided me with a funny moment – when I took his picture it was early in the morning and the light wasn’t so good, so I needed the flash. Every time the flash went off he visibly jumped, and he really looked as if he was thinking “What the….?“. It didn’t make him fly off though.
When I returned to Cairns the following April, I saw a lot more of these butterflies; they were very common in the grassy areas below the rainforest. I suppose I really should have got more photos of them…
Sightings
Cairns – every visit
Kuranda – May 2010, April 2011
Darwin – April 2018