Sal's Favourite Butterfly pics

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Sal Badcock Studio & Gallery
Mission Beach, North Queensland, Australia
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Cairns Birdwing (Ornithoptera priamus) - Australia's largest butterfly
wingspan: female - 150mm
wingspan: male - 130mm
range: rainforest, coastal Cooktown to Mackay

Female

Link to the diary of our Birdwing


Ulysses (Papilio ulysses)
wingspan: 105mm
range: rainforest, coastal Cape York to Mackay

These magnificent butterflies are extremely difficult to photograph,
they just won't sit still, and even if they do, you never seem to be
able to capture the intensity of their colour

Kuranda Butterfly Sanctuary


this butterfly fell madly in love with me, she even laid an egg on me


Red Lacewing (Cethosia cydippe)
wingspan: 85mm
range: coastal Cape York to Townsville

Wanderer (Danaes plexippus)
wingspan: 100mm


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