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
Macleay's swallowtail (Graphium macleayanus ), Franklin - Gordon Wild Rivers National Park, Tasmania, Australia
family : Papilionidae (swallowtails ) — 1 species
Papilioninae
genus : Graphium
Pieridae
Small white
family : Pieridae (whites and yellows) — 4 species
Coliadinae
genus : Eurema
Pierinae
genus : Appias
genus : Anaphaeis
genus : Pieris
Lycaenidae
family : Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged blues and coppers) — 9 species
Zizina labradus , the common grass blue perched on a rose
Polyommatinae
genus : Candalides
genus : Lampides
genus : Neolucia
genus : Theclinesthes
genus : Zizina
Theclinae
genus : Paralucia
genus : Pseudalmenus
Nymphalidae
family : Nymphalidae (brush– or four-footed) — 14 species
Junonia villida , the meadow argus
Danainae
genus : Danaus
Nymphalinae
genus : Junonia
genus : Vanessa
Satyrinae
Common brown
genus : Argynnina
genus : Geitoneura
genus : Heteronympha
genus : Nesoxenica
genus : Oreixenica
Hesperiidae
family : Hesperiidae (skippers ) — 11 species
Anisynta dominula
Yellow-banded dart
genus : Anisynta
genus : Antipodia
genus : Hesperilla
genus : Ocybadistes
genus : Oreisplanus
genus : Pasma
genus : Taractrocera
genus : Trapezites
See also
References
List of butterflies of Oceania
Sovereign states Associated states of New Zealand Dependencies and other territories