Butterfly House Kuranda.

                                          The huge and beautiful Cairns Birdwing Butterfly.

                                         The Red Lacewing, wings open and wings closed.

                                                         The male Cruiser butterfly.
                              A horrible name for a beautiful butterfly......the Common Eggfly.

No visit to Cairns is complete without a short side trip north to Kuranda, where the tropical butterfly house is the first port of call. Most of the butterflies can be seen flying in the forests outside the butterfly house, but of course are impossible to photograph in the tree canopy.