Wet Tropics Bioregion List

Scientific Name Common Name NCA Acraea andromacha andromacha glasswing Appias melania grey albatross ego yellow albatross Arhopala wildei wildei white oak-blue Badamia exclamationis narrow-winged awl Candalides geminus large dusky-blue Candalides helenita helenita shining pencilled-blue Catochrysops panormus platissa pale pea-blue Catopsilia pomona pomona lemon migrant perimale scyllara caper gull (Australian subspecies) Chaetocneme porphyropis purple dusk-flat Cressida cressida cressida greasy swallowtail Cupha prosope Cupha prosope prosope bordered rustic (Australian subspecies) Danaus affinis affinis marsh tiger Danaus chrysippus petilia lesser wanderer Danaus plexippus plexippus monarch Danaus sp. argenthona scarlet jezebel Delias ennia nigidus yellow-banded jezebel (Wet Tropics subspecies) Delias ennia tindalii yellow-banded jezebel (Cape York subspecies) Delias mysis mysis red-banded jezebel ( subspecies) black jezebel australis leafwing Elodina angulipennis southern pearl-white Elodina perdita delicate pearl-white Elodina walkeri small pearl-white Euploea core corinna common crow Euploea tulliolus tulliolus purple crow hecabe phoebus large grass-yellow Eurema small grass-yellow agamemnon ligatum green-spotted triangle Graphium eurypylus Graphium macleayanus Graphium macleayanus macleayanus Macleay’s swordtail (Bassian subspecies) Graphium macleayanus wilsoni Macleay’s swordtail (northern subspecies) Graphium sarpedon choredon blue triangle Hypochrysops apelles apelles copper jewel Hypochrysops apollo apollo Apollo jewel (Wet Tropics subspecies) V Hypochrysops apollo phoebus Apollo jewel (Torres Strait subspecies) adiante orange ringlet Hypocysta irius orange-streaked ringlet brown ringlet Hypolimnas alimena lamina blue-banded eggfly Hypolimnas bolina nerina varied eggfly Jalmenus pseudictinus Macqueen’s hairstreak Junonia hedonia zelima brown argus Junonia orithya albicincta blue argus Junonia villida calybe meadow argus Libythea geoffroy nicevillei purple beak Melanitis leda bankia common evening-brown Mycalesis perseus perseus dingy bush-brown Mycalesis sirius sirius cedar bush-brown Mycalesis terminus terminus orange bush-brown Mynes geoffroyi guerini jezebel nymph Nacaduba cyanea arinia green-banded line-blue Neptis praslini staudingereana yellow-eyed plane Notocrypta waigensis proserpina banded demon hypomeloma Ogyris aenone sapphire azure Ornithoptera euphorion Cairns birdwing C Ornithoptera priamus C Ornithoptera priamus macalpinei Priam’s birdwing (Cape York subspecies) C Pantoporia consimilis consimilis orange plane

www.wettropics.gov.au Wet Tropics Bioregion Insect Species List

Papilio aegeus Papilio aegeus aegeus orchard swallowtail (Australian subspecies) Papilio ambrax Papilio ambrax egipus ambrax swallowtail (Australian subspecies) Papilio fuscus Papilio fuscus capaneus fuscous swallowtail (Australian subspecies) Papilio ulysses joesa Ulysses C Phaedyma shepherdi latifasciata white-banded plane (northern subspecies) Philiris diana diana large moonbeam (Wet Tropics subspecies) Polyura sempronius sempronius tailed emperor Psychonotis caelius small green-banded blue Sabera caesina albifascia white-clubbed swift sunias rectivitta wide-brand grass-dart (Queensland subspecies) japetus janetta pied flat Tellervo zoilus Tellervo zoilus zoilus hamadryad (Wet Tropics subspecies) Theclinesthes miskini eucalypti wattle blue (Cape York subspecies) Tirumala hamata hamata blue tiger Tisiphone helena northern sword-grass brown Toxida thyrrhus dusky grass- Udara tenella tenella delicate blue ada cruiser Ypthima arctous arctous dusky knight Zizeeria karsandra spotted grass-blue Zizina labradus labdalon common grass-blue (Cape York subspecies)

Photo: 4 O’Clock Moth/ Wet Tropics/Mike Trenerry

Photo: Cairns Birdwing/ Wet Tropics/Mike Trenerry

Photo: Chistmas Beetles/ Wet Tropics/Mike Trenerry

Photo: Spiny stick insect/ Wet Tropics/Mike Trenerry Photo: Cricket/ Wet Tropics/J.McCall

N.B: this list only includes those on the Queensland Government wildnet database