Some photos of butterfly undersides of LYCAENIDAE in Australia
Coppers and Blues
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LYCAENIDAE upper side pictures

LYCAENIDAE caterpillar pictures

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Stella Crossley (updated 22 April 2011)

see also a more complete species list at LYCAENIDAE in Australia

These photos show the undersides, where available, as the butterflies of this family are inclined to close their wings on landing, so that the undersides are observed more often.

Acrodipsas arcana	Acrodipsas brisbanensis	Acrodipsas cuprea	Acrodipsas myrmecophila
Anthene seltuttus	Arhopala centaurus	Arhopala madytus	Arhopala micale
Arhopala wildei	Bindahara phocides	Candalides absimilis	Candalides acasta
Candalides consimilis	Candalides cyprotus	Candalides erinus	Candalides geminus
Candalides heathi	Candalides hyacinthina	Candalides margarita	Candalides noelkeri
Candalides xanthospilos	Catochrysops panormus	Catopyrops ancyra	Catopyrops florinda
Danis danis	Deudorix democles	Deudorix diovis	Deudorix epijarbas
Deudorix epirus	Deudorix smilis	Erysichton lineata	Erysichton palmyra
Euchrysops cnejus	Everes lacturnus	Famegana alsulus	Freyeria putli
Hypochrysops apelles	Hypochrysops apollo	Hypochrysops byzos	Hypochrysops cleon
Hypochrysops cyane	Hypochrysops delicia	Hypochrysops digglesii	Hypochrysops epicurus
Hypochrysops halyaetus	Hypochrysops ignita	Hypochrysops miskini	Hypochrysops narcissus
Hypochrysops piceata	Hypochrysops polycletus	Hypochrysops pythias	Hypochrysops theon
Hypolycaena danis	Hypolycaena phorbas	Ionolyce helicon	Jalmenus daemeli
Jalmenus eichhorni	Jalmenus evagoras	Jalmenus icilius	Jalmenus ictinus
Jalmenus inous	Jalmenus lithochroa	Jalmenus pseudictinus	Jamides aleuas
Jamides amarauge	Jamides cyta	Jamides phaseli	Lampides boeticus
Leptotes plinius	Liphyra brassolis	Lucia limbaria	Megisba strongyle
Nacaduba berenice	Nacaduba biocellata	Nacaduba cyanea	Nacaduba kurava
Neolucia agricola	Neolucia hobartensis	Neolucia mathewi	Nesolycaena albosericea
Nesolycaena urumelia	Ogyris abrota	Ogyris aenone	Ogyris amaryllis
Ogyris barnardi	Ogyris genoveva	Ogyris ianthis	Ogyris idmo
Ogyris olane	Ogyris oroetes	Ogyris otanes	Ogyris zosine
Paralucia aurifer	Paralucia pyrodiscus	Paralucia spinifera	Petrelaea tombugensis
Philiris diana	Philiris fulgens	Philiris innotatus	Philiris nitens
Philiris sappheira	Philiris ziska	Praetaxila segecia	Prosotas dubiosa
Prosotas felderi	Prosotas nora	Pseudalmenus chlorinda	Pseudodipsas cephenes
Pseudodipsas eone	Psychonotis caelius	Rapala varuna	Sahulana scintillata
Strymon bazochii	Theclinesthes albocincta	Theclinesthes miskini	Theclinesthes onycha
Theclinesthes serpentata	Theclinesthes sulpitius	Zizeeria karsandra	Zizina labradus

Zizula hylax