A Common Eggfly butterfly and a Chocolate Argus butterfly enjoy a quick break in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 4000
Melbourne Zoo 2026 – Female Cairns Birdwing
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.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 4000
Melbourne Zoo 2026 – Monarch Butterfly 2
A Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus, in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 4000
Melbourne Zoo 2026 – Female Common Eggfly
A female Common Eggfly Butterfly, Hypolimnas bolina, on a feeder in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 4000
Melbourne Zoo 2026 – Three Common Eggflies
Three male Common Eggfly butterflies together in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
- Aperture: ƒ/14
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- Focal length: 150mm
- ISO: 4000
Melbourne Zoo 2026 – Male Common Eggfly
A view of the topside of a male Common Eggfly butterfly, Hypolimnas bolina, in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo
- Aperture: ƒ/11
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- Focal length: 150mm
- ISO: 4000
Melbourne Zoo 2026 – Blue-Banded Eggfly
A Blue-Banded Eggfly butterfly, Hypolimnas alimena, with a Cairns Birdwing in the background in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 4000
Melbourne Zoo 2026 – Common Eggfly
A male Common Eggfly butterfly, Hypolimnas bolina, on the fruit feeder in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 4000
Melbourne Zoo 2026 – Red Lacewing
A Red Lacewing butterfly, cethosia cydippe, in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 4000
Melbourne Zoo 2026 – Common Birdwing
A male Common Birdwing Butterfly, Ornithoptera priamus, in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
- Aperture: ƒ/11
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- Focal length: 150mm
- ISO: 4000
Melbourne Zoo 2026 – Chocolate Argus
A Chocolate Argus Butterfly, Junonia Hedonia, in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
- Aperture: ƒ/11
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- Focal length: 58mm
- ISO: 4000
Melbourne Zoo 2026 – Monarch Butterfly
A Monarch Butterfly in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
- Aperture: ƒ/9
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- Focal length: 150mm
- ISO: 4000