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Australian Painted Lady (Vanessa kershawi) While snapping moths at midnight this butterfly landed in front of me as if to say &#039;Forget them... snap me&#039; So I did.<br /> Under lights at the local school.<br /> Dorsal view here<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/37034/australian_painted_lady_vanessa_kershawi.html" title="Australian painted lady (Vanessa kershawi)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2532/37034_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=HBzmzJQtPAuy6ZyIdbIqQlZkyLQ%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="Australian painted lady (Vanessa kershawi) These beauties appear for a short while in Spring and luckily they are attracted to flowers (introduced Sedum?) in our front garden. Australia,Geotagged,Spring,Vanessa (Cynthia) kershawi" /></a></figure><br /> Australia,Australian painted lady,Butterfly,Geotagged,Spring,Vanessa (Cynthia) kershawi Click/tap to enlarge

Australian Painted Lady (Vanessa kershawi)

While snapping moths at midnight this butterfly landed in front of me as if to say 'Forget them... snap me' So I did.
Under lights at the local school.
Dorsal view here

Australian painted lady (Vanessa kershawi) These beauties appear for a short while in Spring and luckily they are attracted to flowers (introduced Sedum?) in our front garden. Australia,Geotagged,Spring,Vanessa (Cynthia) kershawi

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The Australian painted lady

The Australian painted lady butterfly is mostly confined to Australia, although westerly winds have dispersed it to islands east of Australia, including New Zealand. Debate surrounds the taxonomy of this species. Some believe that the Australian painted lady should be a subspecies to the painted lady due to the similarity in lifestyle and behavior.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Mark Ridgway
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By Mark Ridgway

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Uploaded Mar 25, 2016. Captured Dec 3, 2013 00:34 in 4-10 Talaskia Rd, Upper Ferntree Gully VIC 3156, Australia.
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  • DSC-HX30V
  • f/4.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO100
  • 10.86mm