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Female Varied Eggfly
Hypolimnas bolina
-28.3206, 153.459
Field Notes
Description:
The male Varied Eggfly butterfly is black above with a large blue edged white spot on each wing and a smaller white mark in the outer corner of the forewings. The female butterfly has several different colour forms. The basic female upper wing pattern is black with a large pale patch in the centre of each hindwing, a white bar of the forewings and a large yellow or orange patch near the trailing edge of each forewing.
Habitat:
Wide variety of habitats from rainforest to semi arid and arid regions. Breeds in coastal areas of Queensland and Northern Territory, but disperses across much of eastern mainland Australia
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Varied Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina)
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PublishedJuly 24, 2013
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