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ASSOCIATED BUTTERFLY/MOTH BUTTERFLY/MOTH FOOD PLANT Butterfly species Butterfly common name Attendant Ant Plant species Common Name Size Papilio ulysses Ulysses butterfly Melicope elleryana Pink Evodia Tree Papilio ulysses Ulysses butterfly Acronychia vestita Fuzzy Lemon Aspen Tree Papilio ulysses Ulysses butterfly Flindersia bourjotiana Silver Ash Tree Papilio ulysses Ulysses butterfly Geijera salicifolia Glasswood Tree Papilio ulysses Ulysses butterfly Halfordia kendack Kerosine Wood Tree Papilio ulysses Ulysses butterfly Melicope bonwickii Yellow Evodia Tree Papilio ulysses Ulysses butterfly Melicope rubra Little Evodia Tree Papilio ulysses Ulysses butterfly Melicope vitiflora Northern Euodia Tree Papilio ulysses Ulysses butterfly Endiandra sieberi Pink Corkwood Tree Papilio ulysses Ulysses butterfly Citrus australasica Australian finger lime Shrub Papilio aegeus Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly Acronychia oblongifolia Common Acronychia Tree Papilio aegeus Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly Eremocitrus glauca Desert Lime Shrub Papilio aegeus Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly Flindersia bennettii Bennett's Ash Tree Papilio aegeus Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly Geijera parviflora Australian Willow Tree Papilio aegeus Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly Halfordia scleroxyla Saffronheart Tree Papilio aegeus Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly Murraya paniculata Mock Orange Shrub Papilio aegeus Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum Satin Wood Tree Papilio aegeus Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly Zieria smithii Lanoline Bush Shrub Papilio aegeus Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly Citrus australasica Australian finger lime Shrub Papilio anactus Dainty Swallowtail Citrus australis Wild Orange Shrub Papilio anactus Dainty Swallowtail Citrus inodora Large Leaf Lime Shrub Papilio anactus Dainty Swallowtail Eremocitrus glauca Desert Lime Shrub Papilio anactus Dainty Swallowtail Geijera parviflora Australian Willow Tree Papilio anactus Dainty Swallowtail Citrus australasica Australian finger lime Shrub Papilio fuscus Fuscous Swallowtail Bosistoa medicinalis Northern Towra Tree Papilio fuscus Fuscous Swallowtail Clausena brevistyla Clausena Shrub Papilio fuscus Fuscous Swallowtail Citrus australasica Australian finger lime Shrub Papilio fuscus Fuscous Swallowtail Citrus garrawayae Mt White Lime Shrub Papilio fuscus Fuscous Swallowtail Citrus inodora Large Leaf Lime Shrub Papilio fuscus Fuscous Swallowtail Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum Satin Wood Tree Papilio fuscus Fuscous Swallowtail Zanthoxylum nitidum Prickly Ash Tree Papilio fuscus Fuscous Swallowtail Geijera parviflora Australian Willow Tree Papilio fuscus Fuscous Swallowtail Glycosmis trifoliata Orangeberry Shrub Papilio fuscus Fuscous Swallowtail Halfordia kendack Kerosine Wood Tree Papilio fuscus Fuscous Swallowtail Micromelum minutum Lime Berry Shrub Troides euphorion Cairns Birdwing Aristolochia acuminata Birthwort Vine Troides euphorion Cairns Birdwing Pararistolochia praevenosa Richmond Butterfly Vine Vine Graphium sarpedon Blue Triangle Beilschmiedia obtusifolia Blush Walnut Tree Graphium sarpedon Blue Triangle Cinnamomum oliveri Oliver's Sassafras Tree Graphium sarpedon Blue Triangle Cryptocarya triplinervis Three veined Cryptocarya Tree Graphium sarpedon Blue Triangle Endiandra impressicosta Steelbutt Tree Graphium sarpedon Blue Triangle Litsea reticulata Bolly Tree Graphium sarpedon Blue Triangle Neolitsea dealbata White Bolly Gum Tree Cressida cressida Clearwing Swallowtail Aristolochia chalmersii Chalmer's Birthwort Vine Cressida cressida Clearwing Swallowtail Aristolochia holtzei Holtze's Birthwort Vine Cressida cressida Clearwing Swallowtail Aristolochia pubera Hairy Birthwort Vine Cressida cressida Clearwing Swallowtail Aristolochia tagala Birthwort Vine Cressida cressida Clearwing Swallowtail Aristolochia thozetii Australian Native Dutch- Vine man's Pipe Acraea andromacha Glasswing Adenia heterophylla Lacewing Vine Vine ASSOCIATED BUTTERFLY/MOTH BUTTERFLY/MOTH FOOD PLANT Butterfly species Butterfly common Attendant Ant Plant species Common Name Size name Acraea andromacha Glasswing Passiflora herbertiana Austraalian Native Pas- Vine sionfruit Acraea andromacha Glasswing Hybanthus enneaspermus Spade Flower Herb Euploea alcathoe Striped Black Crow Gymnanthera oblonga Australian Rubber Vine Vine Euploea tulliolus Purple Crow Trophis scandens Burny Vine Vine Euploea tulliolus Purple Crow Mikania cordata Bitter Vine Vine Hypolimnas alimena Blue-banded Eggfly Pseuderanthemum variabile Love Flower Herb Hypolimnas bolina Varied Eggfly Pipturus argenteus Australian Mulberry Shrub Hypolimnas bolina Varied Eggfly Persicaria prostrata Trailing Knotweed Herb Yoma sabina The Lurcher Dipteracanthus australasicus Desert Petunia Herb Cupha prosope Australian Rustic Scolopia braunii Flintwood Tree Cupha prosope Australian Rustic Xylosma terrae-reginae Queensland Xylosma Tree Cupha prosope Australian Rustic Breynia oblongifolia Willgar Shrub Danaus plexippus Monarch Araujia sericifera Moth Plant Herb Danaus plexippus Monarch Asclepias curassavica WEED!!! Shrub Euchrysops cnejus Cupid Vigna luteola Dalrymple Beans Vine Euchrysops cnejus Cupid Vigna vexillata Wild Cow Peas Vine Nacaduba berenice Six Line Blue Polyrhachis ammon - Macadamia integrifolia Poppel Nut Tree Golden-tailed Spiny Ant Nacaduba berenice Six Line Blue Polyrhachis ammon - Alectryon coriaceus Beach Bird's Eye Tree Golden-tailed Spiny Ant Nacaduba berenice Six Line Blue Polyrhachis ammon - Aphananthe philippinensis Australian Elm Tree Golden-tailed Spiny Ant Eurema hecabe Common Grass Yellow Breynia oblongifolia Willgar Shrub Eurema hecabe Common Grass Yellow Indigofera australis Australian Indigo Shrub Eurema hecabe Common Grass Yellow Acacia spectabilis Glory Wattle Tree Danaus affinis Black & White Tiger Cynanchum carnosum Mangrove Milkweed Vine Alcides metaurus Zodiac Moth Endospermum medullosum Whitewood Tree Alcides metaurus Zodiac Moth Endospermum myrmecophilum Toywood Tree Alcides metaurus Zodiac Moth Omphalea papuana Papua Vine Vine Alcides metaurus Zodiac Moth Omphalea queenslandiae Day Moth Vine Vine Alcides metaurus Zodiac Moth Omphalea celata Secret Vine Tree Telicota colon Pale-Orange Darter Chrysopogon fallax Golden Beard Grass Grass Telicota colon Pale-Orange Darter Ischaemum australe Ischaemum Grass Telicota colon Pale-Orange Darter Imperata cylindrica Blady grass Grass Telicota colon Pale-Orange Darter Mnesithea rottboellioides Joint-tail Grass Grass Telicota colon Pale-Orange Darter Ophiuros exaltatus Grass Telicota colon Pale-Orange Darter Phragmites australis Common Reed Grass Hasora discolora Green Awl Mucuna gigantea Sea Bean Vine Delias argenthona Scarlet Jezebel Muelleriana celastroides Coastal Misletoe Parasitic Delias argenthona Scarlet Jezebel Santalum lanceolatum desert quandong Tree Delias argenthona Scarlet Jezebel Dendrophthoe glabrescens bald mistletoe Parasitic Trirumala hamata Blue Tiger Secamone elliptica corky milk vine Vine Trirumala hamata Blue Tiger Marsdenia velutina Marsdenia Vine Junonia hedonia Chocolate Argus Hygrophila angustifolia temple plant Herb Nacaduba biocellata Two Spotted Line Blue Iridomyrmex sp. Acacia disparrima Southern Salwood Shrub/Tree - Meat ants Nacaduba biocellata Two Spotted Line Blue Iridomyrmex sp. 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  • BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION on the TIWI ISLANDS, NORTHERN TERRITORY: Part 1. Environments and Plants

    BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION on the TIWI ISLANDS, NORTHERN TERRITORY: Part 1. Environments and Plants

    BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ON THE TIWI ISLANDS, NORTHERN TERRITORY: Part 1. Environments and plants Report prepared by John Woinarski, Kym Brennan, Ian Cowie, Raelee Kerrigan and Craig Hempel. Darwin, August 2003 Cover photo: Tall forests dominated by Darwin stringybark Eucalyptus tetrodonta, Darwin woollybutt E. miniata and Melville Island Bloodwood Corymbia nesophila are the principal landscape element across the Tiwi islands (photo: Craig Hempel). i SUMMARY The Tiwi Islands comprise two of Australia’s largest offshore islands - Bathurst (with an area of 1693 km 2) and Melville (5788 km 2) Islands. These are Aboriginal lands lying about 20 km to the north of Darwin, Northern Territory. The islands are of generally low relief with relatively simple geological patterning. They have the highest rainfall in the Northern Territory (to about 2000 mm annual average rainfall in the far north-west of Melville and north of Bathurst). The human population of about 2000 people lives mainly in the three towns of Nguiu, Milakapati and Pirlangimpi. Tall forests dominated by Eucalyptus miniata, E. tetrodonta, and Corymbia nesophila cover about 75% of the island area. These include the best developed eucalypt forests in the Northern Territory. The Tiwi Islands also include nearly 1300 rainforest patches, with floristic composition in many of these patches distinct from that of the Northern Territory mainland. Although the total extent of rainforest on the Tiwi Islands is small (around 160 km 2 ), at an NT level this makes up an unusually high proportion of the landscape and comprises between 6 and 15% of the total NT rainforest extent. The Tiwi Islands also include nearly 200 km 2 of “treeless plains”, a vegetation type largely restricted to these islands.