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• TLF-IDM002141

This is an information sheet on Banks' brown butterfly ('Heteronympha banksii') with description, distribution, habitat, host plant and images. The information sheet is available as a PDF for download.

• TLF-IDM002143

This is an information sheet on the cabbage white butterfly ('Pieris rapae') with description, distribution, habitat, host plant and images. The information sheet is available as a PDF for download.

• TLF-IDM018732

When Monarch Butterfly caterpillars hatch from their tiny eggs, they must get ready to travel thousands of kilometres to escape the cold winter weather. See how these caterpillars change and grow to make this long journey possible.

• TLF-IDR12128

This is a colour clip showing the different stages in the life cycle of monarch butterflies ('Danaus plexippus'). In the clip there is close-up footage of butterfly eggs and the caterpillars that hatch from them. It also shows caterpillars feeding on milkweed and progressing through the pupal stages before emerging as adult ...

• TLF-IDR4135

This is a colour photograph of the caterpillar, or larva, of the orchard butterfly ('Papilio aegeus'), also known as the orchard swallowtail, showing the bright red, fleshy Y-shaped organ that appears from behind its head when it is disturbed. (Classification - Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Hexapoda, Order: Lepidoptera, Family: ...

• TLF-IDR4137

This is a colour photograph of a Ulysses butterfly caterpillar ('Papilio ulysses') resting on a leaf. (Classification - Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Hexapoda, Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Papilionidae.)

• TLF-IDR4140

This is a colour photograph of the underside of the caterpillar, or larva, of the Cairns birdwing butterfly ('Ornithoptera priamus'). (Classification - Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Hexapoda, Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Papilionidae.)

• TLF-IDR4142

This is a colour photograph of the dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views of male Ulysses butterflies ('Papilio ulysses') showing difference in colour and pattern on the top and underside. A scale is included. (Classification - Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Hexapoda, Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Papilionidae.)

• TLF-IDR4218

This is a colour photograph of a dorsal (upper) and ventral (lower) view of a female Cairns birdwing butterfly ('Ornithoptera priamus'). A scale is included. (Classification - Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Hexapoda, Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Papilionidae.)

• TLF-IDR4223

This is a colour photograph of caterpillars of the Richmond birdwing butterfly ('Ornithoptera richmondius') at different stages of growth. The black caterpillar is the younger stage. (Classification - Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Hexapoda, Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Papilionidae.)