Black-eyed Plane LIMENITIDINAE, NYMPHALIDAE, PAPILIONOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
David Fisher,
Iron Range, Queensland)
The Caterpillars of this species have been found on :
The adults of this species have dark brown or black wings, each with a large white patch in the middle, and arcs of white spots along the edges.
The undersides are similar to the top surfaces. The butterflies have a wingspan of about 4 cms.
Various sub-species of this butterfly are found in
The sub-species moorei (W. Macleay, 1866) is found in Australia in
Further reading :
Michael F. Braby,
Butterflies of Australia,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 2, pp. 554-555.
Carl Linnaeus,
Insecta Lepidoptera,
Systema Naturae,
Volume 1, Edition 10 (1760), Class 5, Part 3, p. 478, No. 120.
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(updated 2 January 2012, 30 December 2023)