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Butterflies

Butterflies

 

Butterfly Photo Gallery

The catchments of Cubberla Creek and Witton Creek are hosts to many beautiful butterflies. View a selection by clicking here.

 

List of local butterfly food plants

The plants listed below occur naturally in the Cubberla and Witton Creek Catchments. Adult butterflies and their larvae feed on them. This list is based on the Cubberla Creek Species List as issued by Greening Australia Qld Community Nursery,The Gap, 1 February 2003 (selection used with permission); Butterfly Plants, list as issued by Greening Australia Qld Community Nursery,The Gap,  5 October 2002 (selection used with permission); Moore Park Plant List as compiled by the Moore Park Bushcare Group, July 2003.

Species Names

Common Names

Acacia aulacocarpa

Hickory Wattle

Acacia concurrens

Black Wattle

Acacia fimbriata

Brisbane Wattle

Acacia leiocalyx

Black Wattle

Acacia maidenii

Maiden’s Wattle

Acacia melanoxylon

Blackwood

Acacia penninervis

Mountain Hickory

Acmena smithii

Narrow Leaf Lilly Pilly

Alectryon subcinereus

Native Qunice

Alectryon tomentosus

Hairy Bird’s Eye

Allocasuarina littoralis

Black She Oak

Alphitonia excelsa

Soap Tree

Angophora leiocarpa

Smooth-barked Apple

Aphananthe philippinensis

Native Elm

Archontophenix cunninghamiana

Bagalow/Piccabeen Palm

Backhousia citriodora

Lemon Scented Myrtle

Beilschmiedia obtusifolia

Blush Walnut

Brachychiton acerifolius

Flame Tree

Bracteantha bracteata

Golden Everlasting Daisy

Breynia oblongifolia

Coffee Bush

Bursaria spinosa

Blackthorn

Callistemon viminalis

Weeping Bottlebrush

Capparis arborea

Native Caperberry

Capparis sarmentosa

Scrambling Caper

Carissa ovata

Currant Bush

Castanospermum australe

Black Bean

Cissus Antarctica

Native Grape

Citrus australasica

Native Finger Lime

Citrus australis

Native Lime

Clerodendrum floribundum

Lolly Bush

Commersonia bartramia

Brown Kurrajong

Commersonia fraseri

Brush Kurrajong

Cordyline petiolaris

Broad Leaved Palm Lily

Cordyline rubra

Red Fruited Palm Lily

Corymbia citriodora

Spotted/Lemon Scented Gum

Corymbia intermedia

Red Bloodwood

Cryptocarya triplinervis

Three Veined Laurel

Cupaniopsis anacardioides

Tuckeroo

Cupaniopsis parvifolia

Small Leaf Tuckeroo

Cymbopogon refractus

Barb Wire Grass

Dianella caerulea

Blue Flax Lily

Dioscorea transversa

Common Yam Vine

Diospyros fasciculosa

Grey Evony

Diploglottis australis

Native Tamarind

Dodonaea triquetra

Common Hopbush

Drypetes australasica

Yellow Tulip

Ehretia acuminate

Koda/Silky Ash

Elaeocarpus obovatus

Hard Quandong

Elattostachys nervosa

Beetroot/Green Tamarind

Elattostachys xylocarpa

White Tamarind

Eucalyptus curtsii

Plunkett Mallee

Ficus coronata

Creek Sandpaper Fig

Ficus fraseri

White Sandpaper Fig

Ficus macrophylla

Moreton Bay fig

Ficus oblique

Small Leaved Fig

Ficus virens

White Fig

Flindersia australis

Crow’s Ash

Flindersia bennettiana

Bennett’s Ash

Flindersia collina

Bastard Crow’s Ash

Flindersia schottiana

Cudgerie, Bumpy Ash

Gahnia aspera

Red-fruit Sawsedge

Goodenia rotundifolia

Goodenia

Hardenbergia violacea

Native Sarsaparilla

Harpullia pendula

Tulipwood

Hibbertia scandens

Climbing Guinea Flower

Hoya australis

Wax Flower

Hymenosporum flavum

Native Frangipani

Indigofera australis

Native Indigo

Jacksonia scoparia

Dogwood/Native Broom

Kennedia rubicunda

Dusky Coral Pea

Leptospermum polygalifolium

Tantoon/Wild May

Lomandra confertifolia

Mat Rush

Lomandra filiformis

Wattle Mat Rush

Lomandra hystrix

Mat Rush

Lomandra longifolia

Long leaved Mat Rush

Lophostemon confertus

Brush Box

Macadamia integrifolia

Queensland Nut

Macaranga tanarius

Macaranga

Macrozamia lucida

Pineapple Zamia

Melaleuca linariifolia

Snow in Summer

Melaleuca quinquenervia

Swamp Paperbark

Melastoma affine

Blue Tongue

Melicope elleryana

Pink Evodia

Mischocarpus pyriformis

Yellow Pear Fruit

Morinda Jasminoides

Sweet Morinda

Notelaea longifolia

Long leaved Olive

Ozothamnus diosmifolius

Sago Flower

Pandorea pandorana

Wonga-wonga Vine

Pararchidendron pruinosum

Snow Wood

Parsonia straminea

Monkey Rope

Pipterus argenteus

Native Mulberry

Pittosporum pauciflorum

Orange Thorn

Pittosporum rhombifolium

White Holly

Podocarpus elatus

Brown Pine