CHECKLIST FOR THE MOGGILL CREEK CATCHMENT ( recorded 2002-2008) By D.P.A. Sands

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COMMON SCIENTIFIC NAMES RECORDED NAMES NATIVE FOOD SWALLOWTAILS PAPILIONIDAE

Greasy swallowtail, big Cressida cressida cressida Aristolochia greasy, clearwing (Fabricius) meridionalis, swallowtail Pararistolochia praevenosa

Pale blue triangle, pale Graphium eurypylus lycaon Melodorum leichhardtii, triangle (C. & R. Felder) Polyalthia nitidissima

Macleay’s swallowtail Graphium macleayanum Cryptocarya triplinervis macleayanum (Leach)

Blue triangle, blue fanny Graphium sarpedon Cryptocarya triplinervis, choredon (C. & R. Felder) Cryptocarya spp.

Dingy swallowtail, small Papilio anactus Macleay Citrus australis, orchard swallowtail Citrus australasica

Orchard swallowtail Papilio aegeus aegeus Citrus australis, Donovan Flindersia bennettiana

Chequered swallowtail Papilio demoleus sthenelus Cullen tenax (Macleay)

Fuscous swallowtail Papilio fuscus capaneus Zanthoxylum Westwood brachyacanthum

Fourbar swallowtail, Protographium leosthenes Melodorum leichhardtii four barred swallowtail leosthenes (Doubleday)

WHITES AND YELLOWS

Common albatross, paulina ega , yellow albatross (Boisduval)

Caper white java teutonia arborea, (Fabricius) C. sarmentosa

Yellow migrant Catopsilia gorgophone Senna acclinis, S. gorgophone (Boisduval) sulfurea, S. gaudichaudii

Lemon migrant Catopsilia pomona pomona Cassia marksiana (Fabricius)

1 Common migrant, white Catopsilia pyranthe crokera Cassia sp. migrant (W.S. Macleay)

Australian gull, Cepora perimale scyllara gull (W.S. Macleay)

Wood white, spotted aganippe (Donovan) Exocarpus latifolius jezebel

Northern jezebel, scarlet Delias argenthona spp. & other jezebel argenthona (Fabricius) mistletoes

Common jezebel, black Delias nigrina (Fabricius) Amyema spp. & other jezebel mistletoes

Nysa jezebel, yellow Delias nysa nysa (Fabricius) Korthalsella sp. spotted jezebel

Common pearl white, Elodina angulipennis (P. H. Capparis arborea, southern pearl white Lucas) C. sarmentosa

Narrow-winged pearl Elodina padusa (Hewitson) Capparis sarmentosa white

Chalk white, striated Elodina parthia (Hewitson) Capparis arborea, pearl white C. sarmentosa

No-brand grass yellow brigitta australis Chamaecrista (Wallace) mimosoides , Neptunia sp.

Common grass yellow, Eurema hecabe phoebus Breynia oblongifolia , large grass yellow (Butler) spp.

Macleay’s grass yellow, Eurema herla (W.S. Chamaecrista pink grass yellow Macleay) mimosoides

Small grass yellow Eurema smilax Senna acclinis, (Donovan) Neptunia sp.

Cabbage white, small rapae Introduced Brassicaceae white (Linnaeus)

SKIPPERS HESPERIIDAE

Migratory , Badamia exclamationis Unknown narrow winged awl, (Fabricius) brown awl

Orange palmdart augiades australis , sperthias (C. Felder) introduced palms

Yellow palmdart Cephrenes trichopepla , (Lower) introduced palms

2 Common red eye, eastern Chaetocneme beata Polyphagous on dusk flat (Hewitson) rainforest dicotyledons

Dispar skipper, barred Dispar compacta (Butler) skipper

Common banded awl, Hasora chromus chromus Pongamia pinnata chrome awl (Cramer) (planted)

Green awl Hasora discolour (C. & R. Mucuna gigantea Felder)

Large banded awl, Hasora khoda haslia narrow banded awl Swinhoe

Malindeva skipper, two Hesperilla malindeva Gahnia aspera spotted sedge skipper malindeva Lower

Spotted skipper, spotted Hesperilla ornata ornata Gahnia aspera sedge skipper (Leach)

Yellow grass skipper Neohesperilla xanthomera Heteropogon contortus (Meyrick & Lower)

Eastern Flat, bronze flat Netrocoryne repanda Neolitsia dealbata, repanda C. & R. Felder Cryptocarya spp.

Common dart, narrow flavovittatus Various grasses brand grass dart flavovittatus (Latreille)

Pale orange dart, white- Ocybadistes hypomeloma margined grass dart hypomeloma Lower

Yellow-banded dart, Ocybadistes walkeri sothis Various grasses green grass dart Waterhouse

Straight swift, grey swift bada sida hexandra (Waterhouse)

Common swift, dingy Pelopidas agna dingo Evans Various grasses swift

Lyell’s swift Pelopidas lyelli lyelli Various grasses, (Rothschild) Panicum spp.

Dingy dart, dingy grass lascivia lascivia dart (Rosenstock)

Orange dart, white brand nola Various grasses; Leersia grass dart (Waterhouse) hexandra

Orange grassdart, large Taractrocera anisomorpha Various grasses yellow grassdart (Lower)

Dingy grassdart, small Taractrocera dolon dolon Sarga leiocladum yellow grassdart (Plötz)

3 Ina grassdart, no brand Taractrocera ina Various grasses grassdart Waterhouse

White grassdart, white Taractrocera papyria Various grasses; banded grassdart papyria (Boisduval) Imperata cylindrica

Southern large darter anisodesma Lower indica

Greenish grassdart, green Telicota ancilla ancilla Imperata cylindrica darter (Herrich-Schäffer)

Pale darter, pale orange Telicota colon argeus Various grasses; darter (Plötz) Phragmites australis

Doubleday’s skipper, doubledayi (C. hirtellus lilac grass skipper Felder)

Parvula skipper, banded Toxidia parvula (Plötz) Various grasses grass skipper

Large dingy skipper, (Latreille) Various grasses dingy grass skipper

White-banded skipper, Toxidia rietmanni rietmanni Oplismenus hirtellus white brand grass skipper (Semper)

Eliena skipper, orange Trapezites eliena (Hewitson) longifolia ochre

Iaccus skipper, brown Trapezites iacchus Lomandra longifolia ochre (Fabricius)

Maheta skipper, northern Trapezites maheta Lomandra filiformis silver ochre (Hewitson)

Common white-spot Trapezites petalia Lomandra filiformis, skipper, black ringed (Hewitson) Lomandra spp . ochre

Southern silver ochre Trapezites praxedes (Plötz) Lomandra longifolia

Symmomus skipper, Trapezites symmomus Lomandra longifolia splendid ochre symmomus Hübner

NYMPHS, DANAIDS AND BROWNS

Glasswing andromacha , andromacha (Fabricius) Hybanthus stellarioides, H. monopetalus

Rustic, bordered rustic Cupha prosope prosope Scolopia braunii (Fabricius)

4 Lesser wanderer Danaus chrysippus petilia Marsdenia sp. (Stoll)

Wanderer, monarch Danaus plexippus plexippus Asclepias spp. (Linnaeus)

Leafwing Doleschallia bisaltide Pseuderanthemum australis C. & R. Felder variabile, P. tenellum

Common crow Euploea core corinna (W.S. Parsonsia straminea , Macleay) Ficus spp.

Eastern brown crow, Euploea tulliolus tulliolus Trophis scandens purple crow (Fabricius)

Eastern ringlet Geitoneura acantha acantha Themeda triandra (Donovan)

Common brown merope Various grasses merope (Fabricius)

Orange ringlet adiante adiante Themeda triandra (Hübner)

Brown ringlet Hypocysta metirius Butler Various grasses

Dingy ringlet, grey Hypocysta pseudirius Butler Various grasses ringlet

Common eggfly, varied Hypolimnas bolina nerina Alternanthera eggfly (Fabricius) denticulata, Pseuderanthemum variabile

Danaid eggfly Hypolimnas misippus Pseuderanthemum (Linnaeus) variabile

Blue argus Junonia orithya albicincta Not known Butler

Meadow argus Junonia villida calybe Plantago sp. (Godart)

Evening brown Melanitis leda bankia Various grasses, (Fabricius) Panicum sp.

White nymph, jezebel Mynes geoffroyi guerini Pipturus argenteus, nymph Wallace Dendrocnide photinophylla

Common aeroplane, Phaedyma shepherdi Aphananthe white banded plane shepherdi (Moore) philippinensis , Brachychiton spp.

Tailed emperor Polyura sempronius Acacia spp. sempronius (Fabricius) , B. discolor

5 Blue tiger Tirumala hamata hamata Secamone elliptica (W.S. Macleay)

Painted lady, Australian Vanessa kershawi (McCoy) Asteraceae painted lady

Red admiral, yellow Vanessa itea (Fabricius) Urtica urens admiral

Dingy ring, dusky knight Yphthima arctoa arctoa Various grasses, (Fabricius) Imperata cylindrica

BLUES

Pencilled blue, common absimilis (C. pencilled blue Felder) australe , Calleria megasperma , & Sapindaceae.

Blotched blue, blotched Candalides acastus (Cox) Cassytha filiformis dusky blue

Dark pencilled blue Candalides consimilis Polyscias elegans consimilis Waterhouse

Cyprotus blue, copper Candalides cyprotus Jacksonia scoparia pencilled blue cyprotus (Olliff)

Small dusky blue Candalides erinus erinus Cassytha filiformis (Fabricius)

Common dusky Candalides hyacinthinus Cassytha pubescens blue,Varied dusky-blue hyacinthinus (Semper)

Margareta blue, trident Candalides margarita Various mistletoes pencilled blue margarita (Semper)

Yellow-spot blue, Candalides xanthospilos Pimelia sp. yellow spotted blue (Hübner)

Forget-me-not, pale pea Catochrysops panormus Crotalaria sp. blue platissa (Herrich-Schäffer)

Speckled blue, speckled Catopyrops florinda halys Trema tomentosa , line blue (Waterhouse) Pipturus argenteus

Cornelian, bright Deudorix diovis Hewitson Harpullia pendula, cornelian Sapindaceae

Hairy line blue Erysichton lineata lineata Alectryon tormentosum (Murray)

Marbled blue, marbled Erysichton palmyra Various mistletoes line blue tasmanicus (Miskin)

6 Cupid, spotted pea blue Euchrysops cnejus cnidus Not known Waterhouse & Lyell

Tailed cupid, orange- Everes lacturnus australis Desmodium sp . tipped pea blue Couchman

Black-spotted grass blue Famegana alsulus alsulus Indigofera sp. (Herrich-Schäffer)

Cyane jewel Hypochrysops cyane Various mistletoes (Waterhouse & Lyell)

Moonlight jewel Hypochrysops delicia delicia Acacia spp. Hewitson

Fiery jewel Hypochrysops ignitus ignitus Polyphagous. (Leach)

Imperial blue, imperial Jalmenus evagoras evagoras Acacia spp., hairstreak (Donovan) A. irrorata

Ictinus blue, stencilled Jalmenus ictinus Hewitson Acacia spp. hairstreak

Dark cerulean, purple Jamides phaseli (Mathew) Indigofera sp. cerulean

Pea blue, long tailed Lampides boeticus Fabaceae blue (Linnaeus)

Plumbago blue Leptotes plinius Plumbago zeylanica pseudocassius (Murray)

Small copper, grassland Lucia limbaria (Swainson) Oxalis sp. copper

Six line blue, large Nacaduba berenice berenice Alectryon spp. purple line blue (Herrich-Schäffer

Double-spotted line Nacaduba biocellata Acacia spp. blue, two spotted line biocellata (C. & R. Felder) blue

White line blue, white Nacaduba kurava parma Rapanea variabilis banded line blue Waterhouse & Lyell

Fringed blue Neolucia agricola agricola Bossiaea sp. (Westwood)

Amaryllis azure, satin amaryllis amaryllis Amyema cambagei azure (Hewitson)

Olane azure, broad- Ogyris olane ocela margined azure (Waterhouse)

Silky azure Ogyris oroetes oroetes Amyema pendula (Hewitson)

7 Purple azure, northern Ogyris zosine zosine Amyema pendula purple azure (Hewitson)

Dull copper, fiery Paralucia pyrodiscus Bursaria spinosa copper pyrodiscus (Rosenstock)

Common moonbeam, Philiris innotatus innotatus Ficus coronata purple moonbeam (Miskin)

Small purple line blue, Prosotas dubiosa dubiosa Acacia spp. purple line blue (Semper)

Felder’s line blue, small Prosotas felderi (Murray) Alectryon sp. tailed line blue

Small green-banded blue caelius taygetus excelsa (C. & R. Felder)

Indigo flash Rapala varuna simsoni (Miskin)

Glistening blue Sahulana scintillata (T.P. Acacia spp. , Lucas) Alectryon tomentosus

Miskin’s blue, wattle Theclinesthes miskini Acacia spp. blue miskini (T.P. Lucas)

Zamia blue, cycad blue Theclinesthes onycha Macrozamia spp., onycha (Hewitson) Lepidozamia peroffskyana, introduced Cycas spp.

Dark grass blue, spotted Zizeeria karsandra (Moore) Tribulus sp. grass blue

Common grass blue Zizina labradus labradus Fabaceae (Godart)

Updated 2 November 2008

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