Klug's xenica

Its eggs can wait through the whole hot summer. The babies only start growing when autumn rain wets the eggs and the days get cooler.

When the caterpillar hatches, it often eats its own eggshell as its first meal.

Males argue over their patch by flying upwards together in a spiral.

Males have a silvery band across their front wings, and the females are a little paler.

Its chrysalis is pale green and hangs head down from a little silk pad.