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

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

LYCAENIDAE eggs

LYCAENIDAE caterpillars

LYCAENIDAE pupae

LYCAENIDAE males

LYCAENIDAE females

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 aurata	Acrodipsas brisbanensis	Acrodipsas cuprea
Acrodipsas hirtipes	Acrodipsas illidgei	Acrodipsas melania	Acrodipsas myrmecophila
Anthene lycaenoides	Anthene seltuttus	Arhopala centaurus	Arhopala madytus
Arhopala micale	Arhopala wildei	Bindahara phocides	Candalides geminus
Candalides heathi	Candalides noelkeri	Candalides xanthospilos	Catochrysops amasea
Catochrysops panormus	Catopyrops ancyra	Catopyrops florinda	Cupido lacturnus
Cyprotides cyprotus	Danis danis	Deudorix democles	Deudorix diovis
Deudorix epijarbas	Deudorix epirus	Deudorix smilis	Eirmocides absimilis
Eirmocides consimilis	Eirmocides helenita	Eirmocides margarita	Erina acasta
Erina delospila	Erina erinus	Erina hyacinthinus	Erysichton lineatus
Erysichton lineatus	Euchrysops cnejus	Famegana alsulus	Freyeria putli
Hypochrysops apelles	Hypochrysops apollo	Hypochrysops byzos	Hypochrysops cleon
Hypochrysops cyane	Hypochrysops delicia	Hypochrysops digglesii	Hypochrysops elgneri
Hypochrysops epicurus	Hypochrysops halyaetus	Hypochrysops hippuris	Hypochrysops ignitus
Hypochrysops miskini	Hypochrysops narcissus	Hypochrysops piceata	Hypochrysops polycletus
Hypochrysops pythias	Hypochrysops theon	Hypolycaena danis	Hypolycaena phorbas
Ionolyce helicon	Jalmenus clementi	Jalmenus daemeli	Jalmenus eichhorni
Jalmenus evagoras	Jalmenus icilius	Jalmenus ictinus	Jalmenus inous
Jalmenus lithochroa	Jalmenus pseudictinus	Jameela palmyra	Jameela palmyra
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
Neopithecops lucifer	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 aurifera	Paralucia pyrodiscus	Paralucia spinifera	Petrelaea tombugensis
Philiris diana	Philiris fulgens	Philiris innotata	Philiris lucina
Philiris nitens	Philiris papuana	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 albocinctus
Theclinesthes hesperia	Theclinesthes miskini	Theclinesthes onycha	Theclinesthes serpentatus
Theclinesthes sulpitius	Zizeeria karsandra	Zizina otis	Zizula hylax

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(updated 12 April 2013, 2 March 2024)