Bob's Butterflies

Bob's book

A compilation of Bob Miller's stories, articles, papers and photographs of lifecycles of butterflies in Australia. Edited and published by the Millers.

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Contents

Introduction

  1. Introduction 1

Articles from the Barung Landcare newsletter and the Butterfly & Other Invertebrates Club magazine

  1. Butterflies are free 6
  2. Common Aeroplane Phaedyma shepherdi shepherdi 7
  3. Four-barred Swordtail Protographium leosthenes leosthenes 8
  4. Pale Green Triangle Graphium eurypylus lycaon 9
  5. Macleay's Swallowtail Graphium macleayanus macleayanus 10
  6. Citrus Butterflies Papilio aegeus aegeusPapilio fuscus capaneusPapilio anactusPapilio demoleus sthenelus 11
  7. White Nymph Mynes geoffroyi guerini 13
  8. Cephenes Blue Pseudodipsas cephenes 14
  9. Blue Triangle Graphium choredon 15
  10. Leafwing Doleschallia bisaltide australis 16
  11. Commonly asked questions 17
  12. Australian Rustic Cupha prosope prosope 18
  13. Chequered Swallowtail Papilio demoleus sthenelus 21
  14. Orchard Swallowtail Papilio aegeus aegeus 23
  15. Dainty Swallowtail Papilio anactus 25
  16. Flight 26
  17. Fuscous Swallowtail Papilio fuscus capaneus 27
  18. Richmond Birdwing Ornithoptera richmondia 29
  19. Blue Tiger Tirumala hamata hamata 31
  20. Clearwing Swallowtail Cressida cressida cressida 32
  21. Arrested Development 34
  22. Varied Sword-grass Brown Tisiphone abeona rawnsleyi 35
  23. Caper White Belenois java teutonia 36
  24. Lemon Migrant Catopsilia pomona 38
  25. Purple Moonbeam Philiris innotatus 40
  26. Butterfly Migration Belenois java teutonia 41
  27. Black Jezebel Delias nigrina 43
  28. Scarlet Jezebel Delias argenthona 45
  29. Laced Fritillary Argyreus hyperbius inconstans 47
  30. Plumbago Blue Leptotes plinius pseudocassius 48
  31. Ant Association 50
  32. Moonlight Jewel Hypochrysops delicia delicia 51
  33. Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi 54
  34. Large Grass-yellow Eurema hecabe hecabe 55
  35. Yellow-spotted Jezebel Delias nysa nysa 57
  36. In a Nutshell 59
  37. Common Grass-blue Zizina labradus labradus 60
  38. Small Green-banded Blue Psychonotis caelius taygetus 61
  39. Rayed Blue Candalides heathi 62
  40. Wanderer Danaus plexippus 64
  41. How to attract butterflies into your garden 66
  42. Lesser Wanderer Danaus chrysippus petilia 67
  43. Orange Palm-dart Cephrenes augiades sperthias 68
  44. Chequered Swallowtail Papilio demoleus sthenelus 69
  45. Richmond Birdwing Ornithoptera richmondia 71

Revised articles from the Butterfly & Other Invertebrates Club magazine

  1. Cephenes Blue Pseudodipsas cephenes 74
  2. Butterfly Observations at Goodnight Scrub 76
  3. Combined Clubs' Excursion, Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens 77
  4. Bob's reply to a question 80
  5. Osmeterium-type projection found on the larvae of the White-banded Plane Phaedyma shepherdi 83
  6. Bob answers a question 84
  7. A Trip to Iron Range National Park 85
  8. Review of the new CD produced by K.L. Dunn and L.E. Dunn 91
  9. Further notes on the osmeterium-type structure found on the larva of Phaedyma shepherdi Phaedyma shepherdi 92
  10. Under the Microscope: Hypochrysops delicia duaringae Hypochrysops delicia duaringae 93
  11. Description of the egg of Jalmenus inous inous Jalmenus inous inous 94
  12. Leaf-infesting Nematodes 95
  13. Merging photos to improve depth of field 96
  14. They have finally arrived! (Tawny Coster) Acraea terpsicore 97

Papers published in The Australian Entomologist

  1. An example of intergeneric pairing in the Danainae (2009) Danaus plexippusTirumala hamata hamata 100
  2. The life history of Ionolyce helicon hyllus (2008) Ionolyce helicon hyllus 101

Testimonials and resources

  1. Testimonials 106
  2. Resources and acknowledgements 110