Other Common Names

Northern Cethosia

Notes

Although this species is found throughout the year in the Cairns area, I only saw them in the Butterfly Sanctuary at Kuranda, until my third visit when I saw one in the wild.

Sightings

Kuranda Butterfly Sanctuary – October 2005
Cairns – August 2007, September 2008, May 2010, September 2012, April 2021

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
• Tobias Westmeier’s website
• Butterflies and Other Invertebrates
• Wikipedia
• iNaturalist
• Learn About Butterflies
• Cethosia cydippe damasippe C. & R. Felder, 1867 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) in Torres strait, Queensland, Australia by Trevor A Lambkin and S.J. Johnson