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Can anyone help with ID for these three from Brisbane area ? Thanks Jim

Hi Jim.

Your first is a moth - the magpie moth, Nyctemera secundiana.

For the blue, I'd go for purple cerulean, Jamides phaseli, but am quite happy to be contradicted.

Finally, and more of a long-shot, as I'm very unfamiliar with oriental skippers, try orange palm dart, Cephrenes augiades for the skipper.

Guy

Thanks very much for your help Guy Jim

I won't comment on the moth, as I don't try to keep up with those seeing as we have 20,000 to 30,000 species here. But I agree with Guy's IDs for the butterflies. No doubt about the Jamides phaseli, and almost none about the Cephrenes augiades. There are a couple of Telicota species which are very similar, especially if you only get a look at the underside, but to me this looks like augiades. It's also more common than those Telicotas, and much more likely to be seen within city areas as its larvae feed on palms in suburban gardens etc.

Thanks Sooty,nice to have confirmation Jim