A Red-Bodied Swallowtail, Pachliopta polydorus, in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 4000
Tag: Butterfly
Melbourne Zoo 2025 – Common Eggfly Butterfly
The underside of a Common Eggfly Butterfly (hypolimnas bolina) in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 4000
Melbourne Zoo 2025 – Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly
An Orchard Swallowtail butterfly in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 4000
Melbourne Zoo 2025 – Monarch Butterfly
A Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) takes a brief rest in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 4000
Melbourne Zoo 2025 – Brown Soldier Butterfly
A brown soldier butterfly (junonia hedonia) in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo. The brown soldiers are also called Chocolate Soldiers, Brown Soldiers, Brown Argus and are found in the Northern Territory and North Queensland.
- Aperture: ƒ/11
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- Focal length: 150mm
- ISO: 4000
Female Cairns Birdwing Butterfly
The female Cairns birdwing butterfly is a contrast to her male counterpart.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 400
Cairns Birdwing Butterfly
The colourful male Cairns Birdwing Butterfly in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
- Aperture: ƒ/8
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- Focal length: 210mm
- ISO: 400
Cruiser Butterfly
A rather ratty cruiser butterfly (Vindula arsinoe) in the butterfly house at the Melbourne Zoo.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 400
Common Eggfly Butterfly
A Common Eggfly Butterfly rests in the Butterfly House in the Melbourne Zoo.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 400
Common Brown Butterfly
A male common brown butterfly at the Pt Nepean Quarantine Station back in 2009.
- Aperture: ƒ/4.8
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 19.4mm
- ISO: 64
Melbourne Zoo – Female Orchard Swallowtail 2
- Aperture: ƒ/7.1
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- Focal length: 150mm
- ISO: 2000
Melbourne Zoo – Female Cairns Birdwing Butterfly
The female cairns birdwing butterfly in almost monochrome contrast to her male counterpart.
- Aperture: ƒ/7.1
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- Focal length: 150mm
- ISO: 4000