BUTTERFLY CHECKLIST FOR THE MOGGILL CREEK CATCHMENT (Species recorded 2002-2008) By D.P.A. Sands Table and contents are Copyright and should not be reproduced without approval of the author and MCCG COMMON SCIENTIFIC NAMES RECORDED NAMES NATIVE FOOD PLANTS 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 PIERIDAE YELLOWS Common albatross, Appias paulina ega Drypetes deplanchei, yellow albatross (Boisduval) Alchornea ilicifolia Caper white Belenois java teutonia Capparis 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, caper Cepora perimale scyllara Capparis arborea gull (W.S. Macleay) Wood white, spotted Delias aganippe (Donovan) Exocarpus latifolius jezebel Northern jezebel, scarlet Delias argenthona Amyema 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 Eurema brigitta australis Chamaecrista (Wallace) mimosoides , Neptunia sp. Common grass yellow, Eurema hecabe phoebus Breynia oblongifolia , large grass yellow (Butler) Acacia spp. Macleay’s grass yellow, Eurema herla (W.S. Chamaecrista pink grass yellow Macleay) mimosoides Small grass yellow Eurema smilax smilax Senna acclinis, (Donovan) Neptunia sp. Cabbage white, small Pieris rapae rapae Introduced Brassicaceae white (Linnaeus) SKIPPERS HESPERIIDAE Migratory skipper, Badamia exclamationis Unknown narrow winged awl, (Fabricius) brown awl Orange palmdart Cephrenes augiades Livistona australis , sperthias (C. Felder) introduced palms Yellow palmdart Cephrenes trichopepla Livistona australis , (Lower) introduced palms 2 Common red eye, eastern Chaetocneme beata Polyphagous on dusk flat (Hewitson) rainforest dicotyledons Dispar skipper, barred Dispar compacta (Butler) Poaceae 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 Callerya megasperma 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 Ocybadistes flavovittatus Various grasses brand grass dart flavovittatus (Latreille) Pale orange dart, white- Ocybadistes hypomeloma Themeda triandra margined grass dart hypomeloma Lower Yellow-banded dart, Ocybadistes walkeri sothis Various grasses green grass dart Waterhouse Straight swift, grey swift Parnara bada sida Leersia 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 Suniana lascivia lascivia Imperata cylindrica dart (Rosenstock) Orange dart, white brand Suniana sunias 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 Telicota anisodesma Lower Flagellaria 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, Toxidia doubledayi (C. Oplismenus hirtellus lilac grass skipper Felder) Parvula skipper, banded Toxidia parvula (Plötz) Various grasses grass skipper Large dingy skipper, Toxidia peron (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) Lomandra 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 NYMPHALIDAE AND BROWNS Glasswing Acraea andromacha Passiflora herbertiana, 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 Heteronympha merope Various grasses merope (Fabricius) Orange ringlet Hypocysta 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) Brachychiton acerifolius, 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 LYCAENIDAE Pencilled blue, common Candalides absimilis (C. Castanospermum 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)