What's on Visit The Lens
Home
What's on
Visit
Food & drink Shop How to get to ACMI Accessibility Amenities School groups Families More info
Accessibility
Stories & Ideas
Collections & Preservation
Projects & Partnerships
Schools & Teachers
Membership
Support us
About us
Contact us
Shop
Venue hire
Touring exhibitions
ACMI X Residency
Subscribe

Works explorer

Butterflies

United States, 1931
film

This film studies the life history of the cabbage butterfly and the swallow-tail butterfly, showing their habits and characteristics, and their role in nature..

Read more

Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Butterfly botanists

United States, 1947
Similarity: 79%

The Cabbage butterfly

Japan, 1958
Similarity: 78%

The Swallowtail story: the life history of an English butterfly

United Kingdom, 1965
Similarity: 77%

Six minutes with nature

Australia, 1951
Similarity: 77%

Butterfly

Germany, 1970
Similarity: 77%

Nature in the garden

Australia, 1953
Similarity: 76%

Butterflies are...

United States, 1977
Similarity: 75%

Beetles

United States, 1931
Similarity: 75%

Metamorphosis of a Butterfly

France, 1904
Similarity: 74%

Cabbage root fly

United Kingdom, 1951
Similarity: 74%

Monarch butterfly story

United States, 1950
Similarity: 73%

Flowers at work

United States, 1931
Similarity: 73%

Don't

United Kingdom, 1974
Similarity: 73%

Buttercup

United States, 1971
Similarity: 72%

Honey bees and pollination

Canada, 1957
Similarity: 72%

Strategy for survival: behavioural ecology of the monarch butterfly (TEFC)

United States, 1976
Similarity: 72%

The Blowfly

United Kingdom
Similarity: 72%

Butterflies and nettles

United Kingdom, 1938
Similarity: 72%
Back to top

ADDRESS: Fed Square, Melbourne, Australia

OPENING HOURS
Museum

Open daily 10am – 5pm
(closed Christmas Day 25 Dec)
Plan your visit

Game Worlds
27–30 Dec 2025: 10am–8pm
31 Dec 2025 – 26 Jan 2026: 10am–6pm

ACMI Cinemas
Check screening times

ACMI Cafe + Bar
Mon – Fri 8.30am – 4.30pm*
Sat & Sun 10am – 4.30pm*
*Hours extended to accomodate cinema sessions.

ACMI Shop
Open daily 11am – 5pm
Shop online

School groups (by advance booking only)
Mon–Fri 10am – 2.30pm

Subscribe
Follow ACMI on FacebookSubscribe to ACMI's YouTube channelFollow ACMI on TikTokFollow ACMI on InstagramWeChatRedNote

Terms & Conditions
Reports & Policies
Accessibility
Contact us

ACMI would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways of greater Melbourne, the people of the Kulin Nation, and recognise that ACMI is located on the lands of the Wurundjeri people.

First Nations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices, or names of deceased persons in photographs, film, audio recordings or text.