Butterflies > Butterflies Index
Belonging to the order Lepidoptera, Butterflies are some of the most conspicuous and familiar insects that are known. Compared to the more then 10,000 Australian species of moths (with many more to be discovered), there are just over 400 species of butterflies.
Click on the following images to see information on the butterflies.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Suborder: Rhopalocera
- Subgroups:
- Superfamily Hedyloidea: Hedylidae
- Superfamily Papilionoidea: Hesperiidae
- Lycaenidae
- Nymphalidae
- Papilionidae
- Pieridae
- Riodinidae
ButterfliesButterflies Index Acraea andromacha Caper White Butterfly Chequered Swallowtail Butterfly Common Eggfly Butterfly Meadow Argus Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly Two-spotted Line Blue (Nacaduba biocellata) Yellow Palm Dart
InsectsBees Beetles Blattodea Butterflies Coleoptera Cicada Crabronidae Diptera Dragonflies & Damselflies Formicidae Hemiptera Heteroptera (True Bugs) Mango Planthopper Moths Orthoptera Orthopteroid Processionary Caterpillar Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs and Allies Syrphidae Wasps Water Scorpion (Laccotrephes tristis) Witchetty Grub