Some photos of butterfly undersides of LYCAENIDAE in Australia Blues, Hairstreaks, & Coppers PAPILIONOIDEA

LYCAENIDAE caterpillars

LYCAENIDAE pupae

LYCAENIDAE butterflies

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@outlook.com) and Stella Crossley

These photos show the undersides, where available, as the butterflies of this family are inclined to close their wings on landing, so that the undersides are observed more often.

Acrodipsas arcana	Acrodipsas brisbanensis	Acrodipsas cuprea	Acrodipsas myrmecophila
Anthene seltuttus	Arhopala centaurus	Arhopala madytus	Arhopala micale
Arhopala wildei	Bindahara phocides	Candalides absimilis	Candalides acasta
Candalides consimilis	Candalides cyprotus	Candalides erinus	Candalides geminus
Candalides gilbert	Candalides heathi	Candalides hyacinthina	Candalides margarita
Candalides noelkeri	Candalides xanthospilos	Catochrysops panormus	Catopyrops ancyra
Catopyrops florinda	Danis danis	Deudorix democles	Deudorix diovis
Deudorix epijarbas	Deudorix epirus	Deudorix smilis	Erysichton lineata
Erysichton palmyra	Euchrysops cnejus	Everes lacturnus	Famegana alsulus
Freyeria putli	Hypochrysops apelles	Hypochrysops apollo	Hypochrysops byzos
Hypochrysops cleon	Hypochrysops cyane	Hypochrysops delicia	Hypochrysops digglesii
Hypochrysops epicurus	Hypochrysops halyaetus	Hypochrysops ignita	Hypochrysops miskini
Hypochrysops narcissus	Hypochrysops piceata	Hypochrysops polycletus	Hypochrysops pythias
Hypochrysops theon	Hypolycaena danis	Hypolycaena phorbas	Ionolyce helicon
Jalmenus daemeli	Jalmenus eichhorni	Jalmenus evagoras	Jalmenus icilius
Jalmenus ictinus	Jalmenus inous	Jalmenus lithochroa	Jalmenus pseudictinus
Jamides aleuas	Jamides amarauge	Jamides cyta	Jamides phaseli
Lampides boeticus	Leptotes plinius	Liphyra brassolis	Lucia limbaria
Megisba strongyle	Nacaduba berenice	Nacaduba biocellata	Nacaduba cyanea
Nacaduba kurava	Neolucia agricola	Neolucia hobartensis	Neolucia mathewi
Nesolycaena albosericea	Nesolycaena urumelia	Ogyris abrota	Ogyris aenone
Ogyris amaryllis	Ogyris barnardi	Ogyris genoveva	Ogyris ianthis
Ogyris idmo	Ogyris iphis	Ogyris olane	Ogyris oroetes
Ogyris otanes	Ogyris subterrestris	Ogyris zosine	Paralucia aurifer
Paralucia pyrodiscus	Paralucia spinifera	Petrelaea tombugensis	Philiris diana
Philiris fulgens	Philiris innotatus	Philiris nitens	Philiris sappheira
Philiris ziska	Praetaxila segecia	Prosotas dubiosa	Prosotas felderi
Prosotas nora	Pseudalmenus chlorinda	Pseudodipsas cephenes	Pseudodipsas eone
Psychonotis caelius	Rapala varuna	Sahulana scintillata	Strymon bazochii
Theclinesthes albocincta	Theclinesthes miskini	Theclinesthes onycha	Theclinesthes serpentata
Theclinesthes sulpitius	Zizeeria karsandra	Zizina labradus	Zizula hylax

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(updated 12 April 2013, 6 August 2014, 1 January 2015)