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Heteronympha banksii
This one looked to be about 45mm across but I couldn't get within a couple of metres of it. Very active in the sunny parts of the forest, never landing for more than a second or two.
In a nature reserve adjoining a national park.
Yet another creature named by Joseph Banks when he accompanied James Cook to explore Australia? Suppoesed to be above 300metres.. have I got the right species?
Larvae feed on Poaceae and Cyperaceae
family: NYMPHALIDAE
subfamily: SATYRINAE
tribe: Satyrini
subtribe: Coenonymphina
and then there are 3 or 4 subspecies !!
Distribution in Australia http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn...
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