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Butterfly Gardening - Food Plants |
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NOTE: This chart is also available to download and print as a handy two-page A4 leaflet (181kB, pdf).
| Butterfly |
Wingspan |
Food-plant(s) |
amethyst hairstreak
Photo - David Gough/CALM |
2½–3cm |
wattles such as coojong (Acacia saligna) [above]
and jam (Acacia acuminata)
Photo - Jane Emberson |
Australian painted lady
Photo - Robert Powell |
~4½cm |
various plants in the daisy family,
including native everlastings [above]
Photo - Eric McCrum |
common brown
Photos - Eric McCrum |
male: 5½cm
female: 6½cm |
various native [above] and introduced grasses
Photo - Eric McCrum |
common grass-blue
Photo - Eric McCrum |
~2cm |
introduced clovers (Trifolium sp.)
Photo - Eric McCrum |
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