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Macleay's Swallowtail
''Graphium macleayanus'', the Macleay's swallowtail, is a butterfly belonging to the family Papilionidae. The species was named after Alexander Macleay. Taxonomy Macleay's swallowtail was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814. Two subspecies are recorded in Australia, the nominate form, ''G. m. macleayanus'' and ''G. m. moggana'', which was first described by Leonard Edgar Couchman in 1965. The name is synonymous with ''Papilio macleayanus''. Description The caterpillar grows to a length of 4 cm. The pupa is green with thin yellow lines. The adult female Macleay's swallowtail has a wingspan of 59 mm, whilst the adult male has a wingspan of 53 mm. The upperside of the wing is green with white markings and black edges. The lower surface is a deeper green with black, brown and white markings. The lower wings are strongly tailed. Distribution and habitat The Macleay's swallowtail is one of the most widely distributed swallowtail butterflies in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers is a national park in Tasmania, 117 km west of Hobart. It is named after the two main river systems lying within the bounds of the park - the Franklin River and the Gordon River. Location The Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park lies between the Central Highlands and West Coast Range of Tasmania in the heart of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. It is bisected by the only road to pass through this area - the Lyell Highway. History The genesis of the Wild Rivers National Park was in the earlier Frenchmans Cap National Park which had the Franklin River as its boundary on the northern and western borders. Frenchmans Cap is a dominant feature in the region, and can be seen on the skyline from the west and north of the park. The Gordon and Franklin Rivers were the subject of one of Australia's largest conservation efforts. The Franklin Dam was part of a proposed hydro-electric power scheme that had been in the plans of The Hydro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atherosperma
''Atherosperma moschatum'', the southern sassafras or blackheart sassafras, is an evergreen tree native to the cool temperate rainforests of Tasmania, Victoria, and New South Wales in Australia. It is common in the rainforests of Tasmania and Victoria, but more scattered and rare in the higher altitudes of eastern New South Wales. The northernmost area is at Mount Grundy, west of Port Macquarie. Taxonomy The southern sassafras was first described by French naturalist Jacques Labillardière in 1806, and was the only member of the genus ''Atherosperma''. A subspecies, ''A. m.'' subsp.'' integrifolium'', has been considered a separate species. Its generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek ''ather'' "awn", and ''sperma'' "seed", from the hairs on the fruit, and the specific epithet ''moschatum'' is the Latin adjective meaning "musk-scented", from the smell of the bark. It is a member of the small family Atherospermataceae along with several other Australian rainforest trees inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Butterflies Of Tasmania
Tasmania is located south of the mainland of Australia, separated from the state of Victoria by the 240 km wide Bass Strait. 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 endemic Tasmanian species and subspecies, butterflies included. There are thirty-nine species of butterflies found in Tasmania. They are grouped primarily as: skippers, blues, browns, swallowtails and the introduced whites. Papilionidae family: Papilionidae ( swallowtails) — 1 species Papilioninae : genus: '' Graphium'' ::* Macleay's swallowtail, '' Graphium macleayanus (moggana)'' Pieridae family: Pieridae (whites and yellows) — 4 species Coliadinae : genus: ''Eurema'' ::* Small grass yellow, '' Eurema smilax'' Pierinae : genus: ''Appias'' ::* Albatross butterfly, '' Appias paulina'' : genus: '' Anaphaeis'' ::* Caper wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Butterflies Of Victoria
Over 140 species of butterfly that are found in the south-eastern Australian state of Victoria. This list includes native and introduced species and subspecies. Papilionidae family: Papilionidae ( swallowtails) — 4 species : genus: '' Graphium'' ::* Macleay's swallowtail, ''Graphium macleayanus'' : genus: ''Papilio'' ::*Orchard swallowtail, ''Papilio aegeus'' ::*Dainty swallowtail, ''Papilio anactus'' ::*Chequered swallowtail, ''Papilio demoleus'' Pieridae family: Pieridae (whites and yellows) — 12 + 1 species introduced species: genus: ''Appias (butterfly)">Appias'' ::* Yellow albatross, ''Appias paulina'' : genus: ''Belenois'' ::* ''Belenois java'' : genus: ''Catopsilia'' ::* Yellow migrant, ''Catopsilia gorgophone'' ::* Lemon migrant, ''Catopsilia pomona'' ::* White migrant, ''Catopsilia pyranthe'' : genus: '' Cepora'' ::* Caper gull, '' Cepora perimale'' : genus: ''Delias'' ::* '' Delias aganippe'' ::* Imperial Jezebel, '' Delias harpalyce'' ::* Black Jezebel, ''Del ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Butterflies Of Australia
Australia has more than 400 species of butterfly, the majority of which are continental species, and more than a dozen endemic species from remote islands administered by various Australian territorial governments. The largest butterflies in the world are endemic to the Australasian realm. They are the birdwings—''Ornithoptera'' and other genera—of the tribe Troidini of the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae. Papilionidae: swallowtails Family: Papilionidae ( swallowtails) — 18+2 species 2 non-continental species Papilioninae : subfamily: Papilioninae :: tribe: Leptocircini (formerly Graphiini) ::: genus: ''Protographium'' :::*Four-barred swordtail, ''Protographium leosthenes'' (Doubleday, 1846) Edward Doubleday, John Obadiah Westwood and William Chapman Hewitson. ''The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera: comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habits and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus''. London: Longman, Brown, Green, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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