Euploea eichhorni (Eichhorn’s Crow)
23/11/2013
Cairns
10/09/2012
Cairns
10/09/2012
Cairns
26/04/2023
McLeod River QLD
26/04/2023
McLeod River QLD
10/09/2012
Cairns
15/06/2022
Cairns
10/09/2012
Cairns
30/04/2006
Cairns
10/09/2012
Cairns
15/02/2018
Cairns
15/02/2018
Cairns
26/10/2005
Cairns
26/10/2005
Cairns
30/04/2006
Cairns
30/04/2006
Cairns
30/04/2006
Cairns
Synonyms
Euploea alcathoe eichhorni
Notes
I first saw this butterfly flying in the paperbark area of the Cairns Central Swamp. I thought it was E. core, but when it landed I took a couple of photos just in case it was a different species. Fortunately, this turned out to be the case 🙂
On my second Cairns trip I saw these butterflies half a dozen times. I couldn’t get any pics of them with their wings open, which was a shame as the upperside is quite a lot more attractive than the underside.
Sightings
Cairns – October 2005, April 2006, September 2012, November 2013, February 2018, June 2022
Links
- The Complete Field Guide to Australian Butterflies (2nd edition) by Michael F. Braby
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- iNaturalist
- Taxonomic revision of the Euploea alcathoe complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from Australia and New Guinea by Trevor A Lambkin, Michael F Braby, Rod Eastwood and Myron P Zalucki