MEADOW ARGUS

Girrawen National Park, Queensland, May 2021


5                    MEADOW ARGUS                   Junonia villida

Found all over Australia, except western Tasmania. Wide variety of habitat, particularly woodlands, open-woodlands and grassland, both in coastal and inland areas, also suburban gardens. Common and widespread.



Photographed at Parkes, NSW January 2022



 

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