INDIGINOUS BUTTERFLY LARVAL HOST PLANTS, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA1 1 Larval Host Plants Genus_species Larval Host Plant Plant_Type Origin ButterflyTaxa.Genus_species ButterflyTaxa.Common_Name Acacia calamifolia Wallowa Large shrub, Small Tree ~AU SA Jalmenus icilius Amethyst Hairstreak Acacia pycnantha Golden Wattle Large Shrub, Small Tree ~Adelaide Jalmenus icilius Amethyst Hairstreak Nacaduba biocellata biocellata Two-spotted Line-blue Theclinesthes miskini miskini Wattle Blue Acacia retinodes var. retinodes Wirilda Large Shrub, Small Tree ~AU SA Jalmenus icilius Amethyst Hairstreak Acacia spp. Wattle Variable Shrub, tree ~AU SA Nacaduba biocellata biocellata Two-spotted Line-blue Acacia victoriae victoriae elegant wattle Large Shrub ~AU SA Jalmenus icilius Amethyst Hairstreak Nacaduba biocellata biocellata Two-spotted Line-blue Theclinesthes miskini miskini Wattle Blue Adriana quadripartita var klotschii Coast Bitter-bush Large shrub ~AU SA Theclinesthes albocincta Bitter-bush Blue Amyema melaleucae Tea-tree Mistletoe Aerial parasite ~Adelaide Delias aganippe Spotted Jezebel Ogyris amaryllis meridionalis Satin Azure Amyema miquelii Box Mistletoe Aerial parasite ~Adelaide Ogyris amaryllis meridionalis Satin Azure Ogyris genoveva Southern Purple Azure Ogyris olane Broad-margined Azure Amyema pendula ssp. pendula Drooping Mistletoe Aerial parasite ~AU SA Ogyris olane Broad-margined Azure Amyema preissii Wire-leaf Mistletoe Aerial parasite ~Adelaide Delias aganippe Spotted Jezebel Ogyris amaryllis meridionalis Satin Azure Asteridea athrixioides f. athrixioides Wirewort Herb ~Adelaide Vanessa kershawi Australian Painted Lady Atriplex spp. Low shrub ~AU SA Theclinesthes serpentata serpentata Saltbush Blue Austrodanthonia spp. Wallaby Grass Grass < 0.5 m ~AU Geitoneura klugii Marbled Xenica Taractrocera papyria papyria White-banded Grass-dart Austrostipa spp. Spear Grass Grass ~Adelaide Anisynta cynone cynone Cynone Grass-skipper Geitoneura klugii Marbled Xenica Heteronympha merope merope Common Brown Taractrocera papyria papyria White-banded Grass-dart Cassytha glabella f. dispar Slender Dodder-laurel Low bushy climber ~Adelaide Candalides acasta Blotched Dusky-blue Cassytha melantha Coarse Dodder-laurel Vine (Climber) ~Adelaide Candalides hyacinthina simplexa Varied Dusky-blue Cassytha pubescens Downy Dodder-laurel Vine (Climber) ~Adelaide Candalides acasta Blotched Dusky-blue Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting Herbaceous species, ~Adelaide Vanessa kershawi Australian Painted Lady Chrysocephalum semipapposum Clustered Everlasting Herbaceous species ~Adelaide Vanessa kershawi Australian Painted Lady Cullen australasicum Tall Scurf-pea Small Shrub ~Adelaide Papilio demoleus sthenelus Chequered Swallowtail Cullen spp. Shrub ~AU SA Lampides boeticus Long-tailed Pea-blue Papilio demoleus sthenelus Chequered Swallowtail Zizina labradus labradus Common Grass-blue Dillwynia sericea Showy Parrot-pea Shrub < 1.5 m ~Adelaide Neolucia agricola agricola Fringed Heath-blue Eremophila longifolia Weeping Emubush small shrub to tree ~Adelaide Candalides heathi heathi Rayed Blue Einadia nutans ssp. Climbing saltbush Groundcover/climber. ~AU SA Theclinesthes serpentata serpentata Saltbush Blue Eutaxia microphylla Mallee bush pea Low shrub ~AU SA Neolucia agricola agricola Fringed Heath-blue Gahnia ancistrophylla Curled Saw-sedge Low sedge ~Adelaide Antipodia atralba Diamond Sand-skipper Gahnia deusta Limestone Saw-sedge Low sedge ~Adelaide Antipodia atralba Diamond Sand-skipper Gahnia filum Thatching Grass Wetland sedge ~Adelaide Hesperilla chrysotricha cyclospila Golden Haired Sedge-skipper Gahnia lanigera Black Grass Saw-sedge Low sedge ~Adelaide Antipodia atralba Diamond Sand-skipper Gahnia sieberiana Red-fruit Cutting-grass Tall wetland sedge ~Adelaide Hesperilla chrysotricha cyclospila Golden Haired Sedge-skipper Gahnia sieberiana Red-fruit Cutting-grass Tall wetland sedge ~Adelaide Hesperilla idothea clara Flame Sedge-skipper Gahnia spp. ~AU SA Hesperilla donnysa Varied Sedge-skipper INDIGINOUS BUTTERFLY LARVAL HOST PLANTS, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA2 2 Gahnia trifida Cutting Grass Tall wetland sedge ~Adelaide Hesperilla chrysotricha cyclospila Golden Haired Sedge-skipper Hesperilla idothea clara Flame Sedge-skipper Goodenia spp. Shrub < 0.5 m ~AU SA Junonia villida calybe Meadow Argus Hardenbergia violacea Native Lilac small Shrub, Climber ~Adelaide Zizina labradus labradus Common Grass-blue Helichrysum scorpioides Button Everlasting Small herb ~Adelaide Vanessa kershawi Australian Painted Lady Indigofera australis ~AU SA Zizina labradus labradus Common Grass-blue Kennedia prostrata Running postman Groundcover. Mat Plant ~Adelaide Lampides boeticus Long-tailed Pea-blue Zizina labradus labradus Common Grass-blue Lepidosperma viscidum Sticky Sword-sedge Low sedge ~Adelaide Motasingha trimaculata trimaculata Large Brown Skipper Lomandra densiflora Soft Tussock Mat-rush Sedge (incl. Mat Rush) < ~Adelaide Trapezites phigalia Heath Ochre Lomandra fibrata Mount Lofty Mat-rush Low sedge ~Adelaide Trapezites phigalia Heath Ochre Lomandra multiflora ssp. dura Hard Mat-rush Low sedge ~Adelaide Trapezites phigalia Heath Ochre Lomandra nana Small Mat-rush Low sedge ~Adelaide Trapezites phigalia Heath Ochre Lotus australis Austral Trefoil Herb, small Shrub ~Adelaide Lampides boeticus Long-tailed Pea-blue Lotus spp. ~AU SA Zizina labradus labradus Common Grass-blue Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides Meadow Rice Grass Grass to rhizamotatus ~AU SA Heteronympha merope merope Common Brown Taractrocera papyria papyria White-banded Grass-dart Oxalis perennans Native Sorrel Groundcover ~Adelaide Lucia limbaria Chequered Copper Parietaria debilis Smooth-nettle Herb ~Adelaide Vanessa itea Yellow Admiral Poa clelandii Matted Tussock-grass Grass ~Adelaide Geitoneura acantha Ringed Xenica Poa poiformis var. poiformis Coast Tussock-grass Grass ~Adelaide Anisynta cynone cynone Cynone Grass-skipper Poa spp. Tussock Grass Grass ~AU SA Geitoneura acantha Ringed Xenica Geitoneura klugii Marbled Xenica Heteronympha merope merope Common Brown Taractrocera papyria papyria White-banded Grass-dart Poa tenera Slender Tussock-grass Grass ~Adelaide Geitoneura acantha Ringed Xenica Portulaca oleracea Common Purslane Prostrate mat ~Adelaide Junonia villida calybe Meadow Argus Pultenaea acerosa Bristly Bush-pea Low shrub ~Adelaide Neolucia agricola agricola Fringed Heath-blue Pultenaea largiflorens Twiggy Bush-pea Small Shrub ~Adelaide Neolucia agricola agricola Fringed Heath-blue Pultenaea tenuifolia Narrow-leaf Bush-pea Low shrub ~AU SA Neolucia agricola agricola Fringed Heath-blue Rhagodia spp. Saltbush Low shrub, ground cover ~AU SA Theclinesthes serpentata serpentata Saltbush Blue Santalum acuminatum Sweet quandong Tall shrub, root parasite ~AU SA Delias aganippe Spotted Jezebel Scaevola spp. Herb to Low shrub ~AU SA Junonia villida calybe Meadow Argus Senna artemisioides ssp. Desert Senna Shrub ~AU SA Jalmenus icilius Amethyst Hairstreak Senna artemisioides ssp. petiolaris Tall shrub ~Adelaide Eurema smilax Small Grass-yellow Senna artemisioides ssp. x coriacea Cassia Tall shrub ~AU SA Eurema smilax Small Grass-yellow Swainsona spp. Low herb, runner ~AU SA Lampides boeticus Long-tailed Pea-blue Zizina labradus labradus Common Grass-blue Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass Tussock Grass ~AU SA Geitoneura klugii Marbled Xenica Heteronympha merope merope Common Brown Ocybadistes walkeri hypochlora Greenish Grass-dart Urtica incisa Scrub Nettle Tall herb ~AU SA Vanessa itea Yellow Admiral Westringia rigida Stiff Westringia Low shrub ~Adelaide Candalides heathi heathi Rayed Blue Xerochrysum bracteatum Strawflower Herb ~AU SA Vanessa kershawi Australian Painted Lady.