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Riddells Creek - Butterflies (click on the name or picture for a larger/better picture)

New Butterflies Added August 17 2008

Common Name

Scientific Name (Family)

Barred Skipper
or
Dispar Skipper

Dispar compacta
(Hesperiidae: Skippers, Darts)

White-banded
Grass Dart or
White Grass-dart

Taratrocera papyria
(Hesperiidae)

Montane Ochre

Trapezites phigalioides
(Hesperiidae)

Common Dusky-blue

Candalides hyacintha
(Lycaenidae: Blues, Coppers)

Common Imperial Blue

Jalmenus evagoras evagoras
(Lycaenidae)

Dull-purple Azure

Ogyris olane olane
(Lycaenidae)

Bright Copper

Paralucia aurifer
(Lycaenidae)

Common
Grass-blue

Zizina labradus labradus
(Lycaenidae)

Forest Brown
or
Cyril's Brown

Argynnina cyrila
(Nymphalidae: Danaids, Browns, Nymphs)

Ringed Xenica

Geitoneura acantha ocrea
(Nymphalidae)

Klug's Xenica or
Marbled Xenica

Geitoneura Klugii Klugii
(Nymphalidae)

Banks' Brown

Heteronympha banksii
(Nymphalidae)

Common Brown

Heteronympha merope merope
(Nymphalidae)

Spotted Brown

Heteronympha paradelpha paradelpha
(Nymphalidae)

Meadow Argus

Junonia villida calybe
(Nymphalidae)

Australian Admiral (Yellow Admiral)

Vanessa itea
(Nymphalidae)

Painted Lady

Vanessa kershawi
(Nymphalidae)

Caper White

Anaphaeis java teutonia
(Pieridae: Whites, Yellows)

Red-spotted Jezebel
or Wood White

Delias aganippe
(Pieridae)

Imperial Jezebel or Imperial White

Delias harpalyce
(Pieridae)

*Cabbage White

Pieris rapae rapae
(Pieridae)

* Not indigenous to Australia before European settlement.

There are 380 butterflies in Australia - compared with 20,000 moths! Butterflies and moths and are
insects that make up the Order Lepidoptera, distinguished by their scale-covered wings.

First Aid for Caterpillar/Moth stings - NB. A number of Australian species of moths and caterpillars
possess venomous hairs. Do not handle hairy Caterpillars and Moths.

More information on Victorian Butterflies. Is it a butterfly or moth ... what is the difference?
Good books about butterflies: "A Field Guide to Australian Butterflies" by Robert Fisher
"Flying Colours: common caterpillars, butterflies & moths of south eastern Australia" by Pat & Mike Coupar.

More about Insects & other Invertebrate classes.

We'd like to acknowledge Wendy Moore for her help in identification of the butterflies.

If you've seen a butterfly in Riddells Creek that isn't on this list please let us know ...
... we'd love to add it to our list.

All photos are taken in Riddells Creek. If you have photos taken in Riddells Creek
and would like to submit them, send them to Russell & Gill Best.

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