A female Cairns Birdwing butterfly, Ornithoptera euphorion, in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo. The females are a lot less showy than their male counterparts without the green markings, but the females are larger – with a wingspan up to 15cm against the 12.5sm for the males.
A Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus, in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
A female Common Eggfly Butterfly, Hypolimnas bolina, on a feeder in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
Three male Common Eggfly butterflies together in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
A view of the topside of a male Common Eggfly butterfly, Hypolimnas bolina, in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo
A Blue-Banded Eggfly butterfly, Hypolimnas alimena, with a Cairns Birdwing in the background in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
A male Common Eggfly butterfly, Hypolimnas bolina, on the fruit feeder in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
A Red Lacewing butterfly, cethosia cydippe, in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
A male Common Birdwing Butterfly, Ornithoptera priamus, in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
A Chocolate Argus Butterfly, Junonia Hedonia, in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
A Monarch Butterfly in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
Another male Orchard Swallowtail butterfly in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.