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  • The Insect Orders
    • Orders A-M
      • Archaeognatha (Bristletails)
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      • Neuroptera (Net-winged Insects)
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      • Zygentoma = Thysanura (Silverfish)
  • The Pseudo Insects
    • Class Entognatha (the Pseudo Insects; Diplura & Protura)
    • Class Collembola (Springtails)

Superfamily Papilionoidea

Family Hesperiidae(Skippers)

Greenish Grass Dart, Ocybadistes walkeri White-banded Grassdart, Taractrocera papyria Two-brand Grass or Dominula Skipper, Anisynta dominula Varied Sedge or Donnysa Skipper, Hesperilla donnysa Two-spotted Grass or Tasmanian Skipper, Pasma tasmanicus White Spotted Skipper or Yellow Ochre, Trapezites lutea

Family Lycaenidae (Blues)

Bright Copper Butterfly, Paralucia aurifer Silky Hairstreak, Pseudalmenus chlorinda Saltbush Blue, Theclinesthes serpentata lavara Saltbush Blue, Theclinesthes serpentata lavara Blotched Dusky-blue, Candalides acasta ? Neolucia sp.  IMG 1215

Family Nymphalidae (Browns)

Wanderer, Monarch, Danaus plexippus Meadow Argus, Junonia villida Australian or Yellow Admiral, Vanessa itea Australian Painted Lady, Vanessa kershawi Tasmanian Xenica, Nesoxenica leprea Common Eggfly, Hypolimnas bolina (male) Tasmanian or Hobart Brown, Argynnina hobartia Meadow Argus, Junonia villida (larva) Heteronympha sp. larva Wanderer, Monarch, Danaus plexippus Silver Xenica, Oreixenica lathoniella (pupa)

Family Papilionidae (Swallowtails)

MacLeay's Swallowtail, Graphium macleayanus moggana (female) MacLeay's Swallowtail, Graphium macleayanus moggana (male) IMG 3344

Family Pieridae (Whites)

Cabbage White Butterfly, Pieris rapae Cabbage White Butterfly, Pieris rapae (egg) Cabbage White Butterfly, Pieris rapae - Case Study 2 larva Cabbage White Butterfly, Pieris rapae - Case Study 1 early pupa

The Field Guide to the Insects of Tasmania team acknowledges the palawa people; the traditional owners of lutruwita/ Tasmania. We respect their knowledge, connection and care of the land that we share and its ecosystems, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.  

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