On this page are photos of butterflies seen elsewhere on the Dorrigo Plateau which at that time we had not sighted here at Claire Cottage. It may also be possible that these butterflies will visit Claire Cottage in the future or that they will visit your Dorrigo Plateau garden or property.
Any Butterfly with a question mark still requires confirmation of identification.
We have also began a list below of other butterflies that we think may be sighted on the Dorrigo Plateau but have not yet been sighted.
* The Regent Skipper Euschemon rafflesia (found at lower altitudes below the Plateau).
* The Glistening Pencil-blue Candalides absimilis (found once near Armidale)
* The Moonlight Jewel Hypochrysops delicia (usually flies around 04.00pm)
Any Butterfly with a question mark still requires confirmation of identification.
We have also began a list below of other butterflies that we think may be sighted on the Dorrigo Plateau but have not yet been sighted.
* The Regent Skipper Euschemon rafflesia (found at lower altitudes below the Plateau).
* The Glistening Pencil-blue Candalides absimilis (found once near Armidale)
* The Moonlight Jewel Hypochrysops delicia (usually flies around 04.00pm)
Family: Skippers - Hesperiidae
Silver-studded Ochre - Trapezites iacchoides
Wingspan: 33mm - 38mm
Larval Food Plants:
Lomandra longifolia
This was one of many butterflies in Cathedral Rocks National Park (approx 1450 metres) feeding on a flowering Blackberry bush in December 2014.
The Silver-studded Ochres' flight period in the highlands of New South Wales is November and December.
Wingspan: 33mm - 38mm
Larval Food Plants:
Lomandra longifolia
This was one of many butterflies in Cathedral Rocks National Park (approx 1450 metres) feeding on a flowering Blackberry bush in December 2014.
The Silver-studded Ochres' flight period in the highlands of New South Wales is November and December.
Golden Sedge Skipper - Hesperilla hopsoni
Wingspan: 30mm - 32mm
Larval Food Plant: Gahnia sieberiana, Gahnia grandis
Photographed in Cathedral Rocks National Park December 2014 (approx 1450 metres). Lives in wet montane open forest on the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales up to 1500 metres.
Family: Swallowtails - Papilionidae
Four-barred Swallowtail - Protographium leostenes
Family: Whites and Yellows - Pieridae
Family: Nymphs - Nymphalidae
Family: Blues - Lycaenidae
Australian Hairstreak Pseudalmenus chlorinda barringtonensis
Wingspan: 26mm - 29mm
Larval Food Plants: Acacia melanoxylon and sometimes other species of Acacia
We found these larvae in Cathedral Rocks National Park (approx 1450 metres) in December 2014. This subspecies is found in the New England district above 1,000 metres in tall open Eucalypt forest in cool wet montane areas of the Great Dividing Range. There is one generation annually; normally on the wing October and November.
Wingspan: 26mm - 29mm
Larval Food Plants: Acacia melanoxylon and sometimes other species of Acacia
We found these larvae in Cathedral Rocks National Park (approx 1450 metres) in December 2014. This subspecies is found in the New England district above 1,000 metres in tall open Eucalypt forest in cool wet montane areas of the Great Dividing Range. There is one generation annually; normally on the wing October and November.
Dark Pencilled Blue Candalides consimilis
Wingspan 29 - 30 mm
Larval Food Plants: Flower buds and flowers of Ceratopetalum gummiferum and Polyscias elegans
Photographed in Cathedral Rocks National Park (approx 1450 metres) December 2014. Difficult to identify without seeing a clear view of the complete upperside.