Butterfly, Blue Moon
Description
Hypolimnas bolina nerina. A large predominately black butterfly with blue and white circles on fore and hindwings.
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Collection
Credit line
Collected
by
Ken
Fox
1980
Species described by Linnaeus 1758.
This species is from Australia often blown over to NZ by the wind. The butterflies have never been known to breed in NZ even though the caterpillars food plant grows here.
Species described by Linnaeus 1758.
This species is from Australia often blown over to NZ by the wind. The butterflies have never been known to breed in NZ even though the caterpillars food plant grows here.
Accession number
A100.019
Collection type
Public comments
We have 2 butterflies in the bush at our Bach at kuratau - they mostly look like male blue moon but are quite small. We first noticed them as they light up the bush like Xmas lights in the early evening - is this common?
- Sheila posted 25 days ago.