Phaedyma shepherdi (White-banded Plane)
14/12/2017
JCU Campus, Townsville
14/12/2017
JCU Campus, Townsville
28/04/2023
Trinity Park, Cairns
14/12/2017
JCU Campus, Townsville
14/12/2017
JCU Campus, Townsville
14/12/2017
JCU Campus, Townsville
14/12/2017
JCU Campus, Townsville
14/12/2017
JCU Campus, Townsville
30/04/2021
Chinaman Creek, Cairns
30/04/2021
Chinaman Creek, Cairns
10/04/2011
White Rock, QLD
23/11/2013
Cairns
08/09/2012
Cairns
08/09/2012
Cairns
25/03/2016
Cairns
28/03/2016
Cairns
22/04/2011
Crystal Cascades
29/05/2010
Cairns
23/10/2005
Cairns
26/04/2006
Cairns
Other Common names
Common Aeroplane
Notes
This is yet another species that I’ve seen much more often than I’ve been able to photograph. I see them on just about every visit to Cairns, though never more than the odd one or two butterflies and they’re usually in no mood to pose for my camera. They tend to land higher up than I’d like, and the chances of them alighting before I get close enough to take a photo are very high.
As a result I don’t have a lot of photos of shepherdi, though I finally came across a very cooperative specimen on the JCU campus in Townsville in mid-December 2017.
Sightings
Cairns – Probably every visit.
Brisbane – April 2011
Townsville – December 2017