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Alice Springs ButterfliesBlue Moon Butterfly Caper White Butterfly, Egg and Instar Chequered Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus) Glasswing (Acraea andromacha) Lesser Wanderer (Danaus petilia) Meadow Argus (Junonia villida calybe) Tawny Coster (Acraea terpsicore) Two-spotted Line-blue Butterfly (Nacaduba biocellata)
The Meadow Argus Butterfly (Junonia villida calybe) subspecies (family Nymphalidae), is a fairly common butterfly that is found throughout Australia.
The difference between subspecies Junonia villida calybe and Junonia villida ssp. villida, is in Junonia villida calybe has the rectangular bluish patch sandwiched between the black-edged orange on the top edge of the wings.
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- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Family: Nymphalidae
- Genus: Junonia
- Species: Junonia villida
- Subspecies: Junonia villida calybe
Footnote & References
- Meadow Argus, Junonia villida calybe (Godart), Data Sheet, South Australian Butterflies & Moths, https://sabutterflies.org.au/nymp/villida.html
- Junonia villida, Coffs Harbour Butterfly House, http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/nymp/villida.html
- Meadow Argus, iNaturalist, https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/767412
- Junonia villida, Meadow Argus, about Tasmania, https://about-tasmania.com.au/project/meadow-argus/
Alice Springs ButterfliesBlue Moon Butterfly Caper White Butterfly, Egg and Instar Chequered Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus) Glasswing (Acraea andromacha) Lesser Wanderer (Danaus petilia) Meadow Argus (Junonia villida calybe) Tawny Coster (Acraea terpsicore) Two-spotted Line-blue Butterfly (Nacaduba biocellata)
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