Hypolimnas alimena (Blue-banded Eggfly)
28/04/2021
Herberton, QLD
29/04/2023
Cairns
07/09/2012
Cairns
28/04/2023
Trinity Park, Cairns
22/11/2013
Cairns
07/09/2012
Cairns
13/09/2008
Cairns
15/11/2013
Iron Range
24/03/2016
Crystal Cascades, Cairns
24/03/2016
Crystal Cascades, Cairns
17/12/2017
Palmetum, Townsville
13/09/2008
Cairns
24/04/2011
Cairns
24/04/2011
Cairns
14/12/2017
JCU Campus, Townsville
24/04/2011
Cairns
24/04/2011
Cairns
25/10/2005
Cairns
22/08/2007
Babinda
25/10/2005
Cairns
30/04/2006
Cairns
27/04/2006
Cairns
30/04/2006
Cairns
25/10/2005
Cairns
27/04/2006
Cairns
27/04/2006
Cairns
30/04/2006
Cairns
30/04/2006
Cairns
27/04/2006
Cairns
27/04/2006
Cairns
07/04/2024
Mt Burrell, NT
20/04/2018
Marrakai Road, NT
20/04/2018
Marrakai Road, NT
Notes
On my first Cairns trip in October 2005, I saw and photographed two males by a creek in the rainforest in the Mount Whitfield Conservation Park. They repeatedly settled on the ground, but if I disturbed them they generally flew up and landed on a tree trunk about 2 or 3 metres off the ground.
I also saw a female in the Cairns Botanic Gardens, but I messed it up and wasn’t able to get any photographs
When I went back to Cairns the following April I saw several of these butterflies; only one at a time but I bumped into them on a number of occasions. This time I was able to get a couple of photos of a female, albeit a rather bashed-up specimen.
Sightings
Cairns – just about every visit
Townsville – December 2017
Marrakai Road, NT – April 2018, April 2024
Darwin – April 2024