It’s been almost a year since I updated this website. I didn’t die from COVID; I didn’t even catch it (not yet anyway). I did have a very disappointing season around Sydney, followed by a disappointing and very wet trip to Cairns at the end of April. Since then I’ve been very time-poor, so I didn’t get the chance to process my photos to update the website. I only have the time now because since NSW’s Freedom Day the Sydney weather has mostly been lousy on the weekends so I haven’t been able to go anywhere interesting to look for butterflies. Hopefully I’ll be able to get out with my camera before the season ends…
This post is just a website Update, I’m not doing any write-ups of my butterflying trips. This is partly because I lack the time, partly because I didn’t find anything really exciting, and partly because I found that I don’t really enjoy writing the blog posts all that much.
Other than the additions to the Photo Gallery all I’ve done is add a link to The Aurelian, a new website written by a good friend of mine.
Photo Gallery Updates
- Graphium macleayanum (Macleay’s Swallowtail)
- Papilio ambrax (Ambrax Swallowtail)
- Ornithoptera euphorion (Cairns Birdwing)
- Catopsilia pomona (Lemon Migrant)
- Eurema laeta (Lined Grass-yellow)
- Eurema herla (Pink Grass-yellow)
- Eurema alitha (Scalloped Grass-yellow)
- Eurema hecabe (Large Grass-yellow)
- Elodina angulipennis (Southern Pearl-white)
- Appias paulina (Yellow Albatross)
- Delias mysis (Red-banded Jezebel)
- Delias nigrina (Common Jezebel)
- Tirumala hamata (Blue Tiger)
- Danaus petilia (Lesser Wanderer)
- Danaus affinis (Swamp Tiger)
- Euploea tulliolus (Purple Crow)
- Tellervo zoilus (Hamadryad)
- Cethosia cydippe (Red Lacewing)
- Cethosia penthesilea (Orange Lacewing)
- Acraea terpsicore (Tawny Coster)
- Vindula arsinoe (Cruiser)
- Cupha prosope (Bordered Rustic)
- Vagrans egista (Tailed Rustic)
- Neptis praslini (Yellow-eyed Plane)
- Phaedyma shepherdi (White-banded Plane)
- Vanessa kershawi (Australian Painted Lady)
- Vanessa itea (Yellow Admiral)
- Junonia orithya (Blue Argus)
- Junonia hedonia (Chocolate Argus)
- Yoma sabina (Lurcher)
- Hypolimnas alimena (Blue-banded Eggfly)
- Hypolimnas bolina (Common Eggfly)
- Mycalesis perseus (Dingy Bush-brown)
- Mycalesis terminus (Orange Bush-brown)
- Tisiphone abeona (Sword-grass Brown)
- Heteronympha paradelpha (Spotted Brown)
- Heteronympha banksii (Banks’s Brown)
- Ypthima arctous (Dusky Knight)
- Acrodipsas aurata (Golden Ant-blue)
- Paralucia pyrodiscus (Dull Copper)
- Philiris nitens (Blue Moonbeam)
- Arhopala madytus (Bright Oak-blue)
- Arhopala micale (Shining Oak-blue)
- Jalmenus ictinus (Stencilled Hairstreak)
- Jalmenus evagoras (Imperial Hairstreak)
- Hypolycaena phorbas (Black-spotted Flash)
- Rapala varuna (Indigo Flash)
- Anthene seltuttus (Dark Ciliate-blue)
- Eirmocides margarita (Trident Pencil-blue)
- Eirmocides consimilis (Dark Pencilled Blue)
- Nacaduba berenice (Large Purple Line-blue)
- Nacaduba kurava (White-banded Line-blue)
- Nacaduba cyanea (Green-banded Line-blue)
- Psychonotis caelius (Small Green-banded Blue)
- Prosotas felderi (Small-tailed Line Blue)
- Prosotas dubiosa (Purple Line-blue)
- Erysichton lineatus (Hairy Line-Blue)
- Jamides phaseli (Purple Cerulean)
- Jamides aleuas (White-banded Cerulean)
- Badamia exclamationis (Narrow-winged Awl)
- Hasora hurama (Broad-banded Awl)
- Tagiades japetus (Pied Flat)
- Toxidia crocea (Narrow-brand Grass-skipper)
- Trapezites maheta (Northern Silver Ochre)
- Trapezites praxedes (Southern Silver Ochre)
- Trapezites macqueeni (Bronze Ochre)
- Trapezites petalia (Black-ringed Ochre)
- Toxidia thyrrhus (Dusky Grass-skipper)
- Toxidia parvula (Parvula Skipper
- Toxidia rietmanni (White-brand Skipper)
- Hesperilla ornata (Spotted Sedge-skipper)
- Hesperilla mastersi (Chequered Sedge-skipper)
- Hesperilla idothea (Flame Sedge-skipper)
- Pelopidas lyelli (Lyell’s Swift)
- Ocybadistes walkeri (Green Grass-dart)
- Ocybadistes ardea (Orange Grass-dart)
- Telicota anisodesma (Southern Large Darter)
- Telicota paceka (Narrow-brand Darter)
- Telicota colon (Pale-orange Darter)
- Sabera caesina (White-clubbed Swift)