Hypocysta angustata (Pied Ringlet)
14/11/2013
Iron Range National Park
14/11/2013
Iron Range National Park
14/11/2013
Iron Range National Park
14/11/2013
Iron Range National Park
14/11/2013
Iron Range National Park
14/11/2013
Iron Range National Park
Other Common Names
Black and White Ringlet
Notes
I saw a few of these butterflies in a few places at Iron Range, with the best spot being close to the gate at the start of Old Coen Road, near the Rainforest Campsite. They’re quite hard to see even when flying, as they stay in the dappled light.
They are very pretty little things – the photos don’t do them justice.
Sightings
Iron Range – November 2013
Links
- The Complete Field Guide to Australian Butterflies (2nd edition) by Michael F. Braby
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Bob’s Butterflies
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- Wikipedia
- iNaturalist
- The life history of ‘Hypocysta angustata angustata‘ Waterhouse and Lyell and ‘Hypocysta irius‘ (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) by GA Wood