DSC_2500 Orange bush-brown (Mycalesis terminus) 'dry season' form (the 'wet-season' form has larger eye-spots). Seen here basking on a pandanus leaf beside the river. Typically they fly low for short distances before settling. They often keep their wings closed when settled. Babinda Boulders, Queensland *
DSC_2696 Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina nerina) male courting female. This subspecies is common and widespread in the western Pacific and Australia, and is also a vagrant to New Zealand. Males courting females take up a strategic 'perch' in sunlit clearings, and aggressively drive off other other male blue moons in territorial displays. Kuranda, Queensland *
DSC_2701 Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina nerina) male courting female. This subspecies is common and widespread in the western Pacific and Australia, and is also a vagrant to New Zealand. Males courting females take up a strategic 'perch' in sunlit clearings, and aggressively drive off other other male blue moons in territorial displays. Kuranda, Queensland *
