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List of butterflies of Tasmania

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300: 145: 83: 659: 858: 536: 846: 31:. Although Tasmania shares most of its fauna with the southern parts of Australia or Australia as a whole, Tasmania's isolation along with its wetter, cooler and cloudier weather caused the evolution of several 1174: 1325: 1330: 1189: 1381: 1376: 1340: 1300: 1280: 1252: 1209: 1148: 1386: 1320: 1275: 1315: 1295: 1371: 1290: 1199: 1366: 299: 1169: 1099: 1361: 1184: 1104: 1285: 1335: 1234: 1219: 1310: 1229: 1224: 1214: 1204: 1194: 1305: 1257: 1179: 1141: 424: 933: 800: 750: 1134: 506: 391: 816: 808: 98: 383: 845: 399: 1057: 1007: 734: 128: 118: 24: 245: 1121: 982: 957: 908: 836: 742: 624: 1072: 949: 941: 861: 684: 260: 235: 883: 850: 775: 709: 569: 481: 358: 333: 1082: 1032: 642: 577: 144: 609: 449: 304: 220: 210: 1355: 414: 188: 59: 82: 1047: 724: 662: 658: 634: 540: 496: 270: 148: 67: 1126: 997: 972: 526: 55: 28: 857: 923: 790: 765: 699: 323: 290: 40: 898: 674: 471: 63: 44: 20: 535: 873: 373: 348: 158: 71: 51: 32: 16: 599: 36: 559: 439: 178: 90:), Franklin - Gordon Wild Rivers National Park, Tasmania, Australia 1116: 1022: 856: 844: 534: 298: 1130: 50:
There are thirty-nine species of butterflies found in
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1266: 1243: 1162: 1030:Tasmanica skipper or two-spotted grass-skipper 1142: 8: 1149: 1135: 1127: 308:, the common grass blue perched on a rose 657: 143: 81: 293:(gossamer-winged blues and coppers) — 7: 19:is located south of the mainland of 1005:Marrawah skipper or alpine skipper 507:Pseudalmenus chlorinda (chlorinda) 14: 54:. They are grouped primarily as: 1382:Lists of butterflies by location 1100:List of butterflies of Australia 1377:Lists of butterflies of Oceania 1105:List of butterflies of Victoria 1175:Federated States of Micronesia 1157:List of butterflies of Oceania 129:Graphium macleayanus (moggana) 23:, separated from the state of 1: 1387:Lists of animals of Australia 567:Lesser wanderer butterfly, 1403: 1372:Lists of biota of Tasmania 529:(brush– or four-footed) — 640:Australian painted lady, 1367:Butterflies of Australia 1326:Northern Mariana Islands 1080:Rare white-spot skipper 425:Theclinesthes serpentata 27:by the 240 km wide 1291:Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1117:Lepidoptera of Tasmania 934:Hesperilla chrysotricha 161:(whites and yellows) — 126:Macleay's swallowtail, 86:Macleay's swallowtail ( 1362:Arthropods of Tasmania 864: 854: 801:Oreixenica lathoniella 798:Common silver xenica, 665: 545: 504:Tasmanian hairstreak, 309: 151: 91: 1269:and other territories 931:Chrysotricha skipper 860: 848: 751:Heteronympha penelope 661: 538: 302: 218:Albatross butterfly, 147: 85: 1058:Taractrocera papyria 1008:Oreisplanus munionga 735:Heteronympha cordace 575:Wanderer butterfly, 392:Neolucia hobartensis 186:Small grass yellow, 88:Graphium macleayanus 983:Ocybadistes walkeri 980:Yellow-banded dart 958:Hesperilla mastersi 909:Antipodia chaostola 817:Oreixenica ptunarra 809:Oreixenica orichora 743:Heteronympha merope 732:Bright-eyed brown, 447:Common grass blue, 70:and the introduced 950:Hesperilla idothea 942:Hesperilla donnysa 906:Antipodia skipper 865: 862:Yellow-banded dart 855: 748:Shouldered brown, 685:Argynnina hobartia 666: 546: 544:, the meadow argus 310: 152: 92: 1349: 1348: 1341:Wallis and Futuna 1286:Clipperton Island 1244:Associated states 955:Master's skipper 884:Anisynta dominula 881:Dominula skipper 851:Anisynta dominula 776:Nesoxenica leprea 710:Geitoneura klugii 682:Tasmanian brown, 570:Danaus chrysippus 482:Paralucia aurifer 384:Neolucia agricola 359:Lampides boeticus 334:Candalides acasta 1394: 1331:Pitcairn Islands 1301:French Polynesia 1281:Christmas Island 1210:Papua New Guinea 1190:Marshall Islands 1163:Sovereign states 1151: 1144: 1137: 1128: 1083:Trapezites lutea 1055:White grassdart 1033:Pasma tasmanicus 939:Donnysa skipper 814:Ptunarra brown, 806:Orichora brown, 643:Vanessa kershawi 632:Yellow admiral, 578:Danaus plexippus 422:Chequered blue, 400:Neolucia mathewi 97:: Papilionidae ( 1402: 1401: 1397: 1396: 1395: 1393: 1392: 1391: 1352: 1351: 1350: 1345: 1268: 1262: 1245: 1239: 1220:Solomon Islands 1158: 1155: 1113: 1096: 835:: Hesperiidae ( 830: 707:Klug's xenica, 656: 610:Junonia villida 591: 551: 541:Junonia villida 520: 479:Bright copper, 463: 450:Zizina labradus 397:Mathew's blue, 389:Mountain blue, 331:Blotched blue, 315: 305:Zizina labradus 284: 202: 170: 142: 110: 80: 12: 11: 5: 1400: 1398: 1390: 1389: 1384: 1379: 1374: 1369: 1364: 1354: 1353: 1347: 1346: 1344: 1343: 1338: 1333: 1328: 1323: 1321:Norfolk Island 1318: 1313: 1308: 1303: 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828:Hesperiidae 589:Nymphalinae 527:Nymphalidae 518:Nymphalidae 149:Small white 45:butterflies 29:Bass Strait 1356:Categories 1111:References 1073:Trapezites 924:Hesperilla 841:11 species 791:Oreixenica 766:Nesoxenica 700:Geitoneura 531:14 species 356:Pea blue, 324:Candalides 291:Lycaenidae 282:Lycaenidae 168:Coliadinae 47:included. 41:subspecies 35:Tasmanian 1170:Australia 899:Antipodia 675:Argynnina 654:Satyrinae 472:Paralucia 461:Theclinae 295:9 species 236:Anaphaeis 163:4 species 103:1 species 21:Australia 1185:Kiribati 1094:See also 874:Anisynta 837:skippers 549:Danainae 374:Neolucia 349:Lampides 200:Pierinae 159:Pieridae 140:Pieridae 119:Graphium 56:skippers 52:Tasmania 25:Victoria 17:Tasmania 1336:Tokelau 1235:Vanuatu 625:Vanessa 600:Junonia 37:species 33:endemic 1311:Hawaii 1230:Tuvalu 833:family 560:Danaus 523:family 440:Zizina 287:family 261:Pieris 211:Appias 179:Eurema 155:family 95:family 72:whites 64:browns 1225:Tonga 1215:Samoa 1205:Palau 1195:Nauru 1068:genus 1043:genus 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Index

Tasmania
Australia
Victoria
Bass Strait
endemic
species
subspecies
butterflies
Tasmania
skippers
blues
browns
swallowtails
whites

swallowtails
Graphium
Graphium macleayanus (moggana)

Small white
Pieridae
Eurema
Eurema smilax
Appias
Appias paulina
Anaphaeis
Anaphaeis java
Pieris
Pieris rapae
Lycaenidae

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