Australia was created by the questing spirit of man, forever pushing out into the wilderness. We who live within the cities and ordered society of this land have within us the tribal memory of those forerunners who led us inexorably onwards. Few of us would be capable of doing what they did; fewer still actually go out there and try to follow in their footsteps. But in our spirit we follow them. They are, inescapably, as much a part of us as we, remembering their dream, are a part of them.

Male: above velvety black, basal two-thirds of both wings brilliant metallic blue.

Description of Papilio ulysses joesa Butler, known commonly as the Ulysses butterfly.