! Rainforest Butterflies ! Tropical Rainforest, Far North Queensland Australia

**Rainforest Butterflies & Moths**
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Birdwing Butterfly Ornithoptera priamus	Common Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina	Emerald Moth Family Geometridae
Grey Albatross Butterfly Appias melania	Hawk Moth Family Sphingidae	Helena Brown Butterfly Tisiphone helena
Hercules Moth Coscinocera hercules	Red-bodied Swallowtail Pachliopta polydorous	Regent Skipper Euschemon rafflesia
Ulysses Butterfly Papilio ulysses	Union Jack Butterfly Delias mysis	Zodiac Moth Alcides zodiaca
Cruiser Butterfly Vindula erota	Orchard Swallowtail Papilio ageus	Australian Rustic Butterfly Cupha prosope

Moths and Butterflies: Order Lepidoptera

They all generally have leaf-munching larvae we call caterpillars that then pupate into flying adults.
While adults of most species feed, they generally only suck up liquid (such as nectar from flowers) through a normally curled up proboscis.
The primary aim of flying adults is to have sex and make babies.
Butterflies are considered by many taxonomists to be merely unusual day-flying colourful moths.
Besides their daytime activity and brighter colours, butterflies tend to have clubbed antennae rather than filamentous furry antennae, and they tend to rest with their wings held together upright (rather than flat out like most moths).
The lowlands of the Daintree are one of the best places in Australia for spectacular moths and colourful butterflies, especially in the hotter and wetter times of the year.