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Insects of Townsville local government area

Total number of species: 51

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
Formicidae Oecophylla smaragdina green tree ant QAI
Lycaenidae Candalides erinus erinus small dusky-blue QA
Lycaenidae Hypochrysops apelles apelles copper jewel QAI
Lycaenidae Hypolycaena phorbas phorbas black-spotted flash Q
Lycaenidae Liphyra brassolis major moth butterfly C QAI
Lycaenidae Ogyris amaryllis U
Lycaenidae Ogyris zosine northern purple azure QAI
Lycaenidae Philiris diana diana large moonbeam (Wet Tropics) Q
Lycaenidae Theclinesthes serpentatus serpentatus salt-bush blue QA
Lycaenidae Zizina otis labradus common grass-blue (Australian subspecies) QAI
Nymphalidae Acraea andromacha andromacha glasswing QAI
Nymphalidae Acraea terpsicore tawny coster QAI
Nymphalidae Cupha prosope U
Nymphalidae Danaus affinis affinis swamp tiger QAI
Nymphalidae Danaus petilia lesser wanderer QAI
Nymphalidae Euploea corinna common crow QA
Nymphalidae Hypolimnas alimena lamina blue-banded eggfly QA
Nymphalidae Hypolimnas bolina nerina varied eggfly QAI
Nymphalidae Junonia hedonia zelima chocolate argus QAI
Nymphalidae Junonia orithya albicincta blue argus QA
Nymphalidae Libythea geoffroyi nicevillei purple beak Q
Nymphalidae Melanitis leda bankia evening brown QA
Nymphalidae Mycalesis perseus perseus dingy bush-brown QAI
Nymphalidae Tirumala hamata hamata blue tiger QAI
Pieridae Appias melania grey albatross Q
Pieridae Appias paulina ega yellow albatross QA
Pieridae Catopsilia pomona lemon migrant QAI
Pieridae Elodina angulipennis southern pearl-white QA
Pieridae Elodina perdita delicate pearl-white Q
Pieridae Eurema brigitta australis no-brand grass-yellow QA
Pieridae Eurema hecabe large grass-yellow QAI
Papilionidae Cressida cressida cressida clearwing swallowtail QA
Papilionidae Graphium agamemnon ligatum green-spotted triangle QAI
Papilionidae Graphium eurypylus lycaon pale triangle QA
Papilionidae Ornithoptera euphorion Cairns birdwing C Q
Papilionidae Ornithoptera priamus New Guinea birdwing C U
Papilionidae Pachliopta polydorus queenslandicus red-bodied swallowtail Q
Papilionidae Papilio aegeus U
Papilionidae Papilio demoleus sthenelus chequered swallowtail QAI
Papilionidae Papilio ulysses joesa Ulysses butterfly C Q
Hesperiidae Cephrenes trichopepla yellow palm-dart QA
Hesperiidae Chaetocneme porphyropis purple dusk-flat Q
Hesperiidae Proeidosa polysema spinifex sand-skipper QA
Hesperiidae Suniana sp. U
Hesperiidae Suniana sunias QAI
Hesperiidae Taractrocera sp. U
Hesperiidae Trapezites iacchus brown ochre QA
Libellulidae Diplacodes trivialis chalky percher QAI I
Libellulidae Pantala flavescens wandering glider QAI I
Aeshnidae Anax papuensis Australian Emperor QAI I
Coenagrionidae Ischnura heterosticta heterosticta common bluetail QAI I

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

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Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Legend

Nature Conservation Act
NCA - Status under the Nature Conservation Act 1992
EX : Extinct
PE : Extinct in the wild
CR : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
NT : Near threatened
C : Least concern
SL : Special least concern
I : International
P : Prohibited
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
EPBC - Status under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EX : Extinct
XW : Extinct in the wild
CE : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
CD : Conservation dependent
End. - Endemicity
Q : Queensland endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland
QA : Intranational - naturally occurs in Queensland and interstate
QAI : Not endemic to Australia - naturally occurs in Queensland, interstate and overseas
QI : Regional endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland and overseas
VA : Vagrant (Intranational) - normally occurs interstate
VI : Vagrant (International) - normally occurs overseas
VU : Vagrant (Unknown)
IA : Introduced (Intranational) - naturalised from interstate
II : Introduced (International) - naturalised from overseas
IU : Introduced - unknown origin
U : Unknown endemicity - native
Wetland Status
I : Wetland indicator species


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Insects of Townsville local government area, WetlandInfo website, accessed 22 July 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=lga-townsville&Class=insects&Kingdom=animals

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