robert-aw's Identifications

Reported via nzButterfly.info Sighting report (http://nzbutterfly.info/sighting-report.htm).
How many = 2
Activity = Flying/Feeding
Habitat = Garden

Reporters comments:
"Just letting you know we have blue moon butterflies both male and female flying and landing on my pansies and asters around carters beach westport after the cyclone is that a coincidence.Ive never seen them before. they are mixing with the monarchs that are also plentiful. Its awesome."

Hamish Patrick told me after a lecture that this is a photo of the glade copper, not the common copper. Note the brown triangular marking on the wing underside.

One flowers of Achillea millefolium (yarrow)

Lyttelton Reserve Circuit from Summit Road
Down Major Hornbrook track from the carpark at Major Hornbrook saddle, east of Mount Cavendish, to the Chalmers Circuit Track turnoff
Port Hills
Banks Peninsula
Christchurch
Canterbury
New Zealand
identification confirmed by Hamish Patrick, 9 August 2010