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| Alpine Sedge Skipper or Alpine Skipper Oreisplanus munionga munionga |
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| Altona Skipper or Yellow Sedge-skipper or Yellowish Skipper Hesperilla flavescens flavescens |
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| Amethyst Hairstreak or Icilius Blue Jalmenus icilius |
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| Anderson's Skipper or Southern Grass-skipper Toxidia andersoni |
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| Arid Bronze Azure or Mallee Bronze Azure Ogyris subterrestris Both subspecies pictured; subterrestris in Vic & SA, and petrina in WA |
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| Australian Admiral or Yellow Admiral Vanessa itea |
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| Australian Crow Butterfly or Common Crow or Oleander Butterfly Euploea core corinna |
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| Australian Gull or Caper Gull Cepora perimale scyllara |
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| Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi |
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| Banded Grass Skipper or Parvula Skipper Toxidia parvulus |
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| Bank's Brown Heteronympha banksii banksii |
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| Bank's Brown Heteronympha banksii nevina |
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| Barred Skipper or Dispar Skipper Dispar compacta |
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| Bitter-bush Blue Theclinesthes albocincta |
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| Black and White Skipper or Diamond Sand-skipper Antipodia atralba |
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| Black Jezebel or Common Jezebel Delias nigrina |
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| Blotched Dusky Blue or Blotched Blue Candalides acasta |
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| Blue Tiger Tirumala hamata hamata |
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| Bright Copper Paralucia aurifer |
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| Bright-eyed Brown Heteronympha cordace cordace |
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| Bright-eyed Brown Heteronympha cordace wilsoni |
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| Bright Shield Skipper Signeta flammeata |
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| Bronze Ant-blue or Large Ant-blue Acrodipsas brisbanensis cyrilus |
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| Broom Heath-blue or Mathew's Blue Neolucia mathewi |
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| Brown Awl or Narrow-winged Awl Badamia exclamationis |
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| Cabbage White Pieris rapae rapae |
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| Caper White Belenois java teutonia |
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| Cassia Butterfly or Lemon Migrant Catopsilia pomona pomona |
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| Chaostola Skipper or Heath Sand-skipper Hesperilla chaostola chares |
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| Chequered Sedge Skipper or Masters' Skipper Hesperilla mastersi mastersi |
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| Chequered Swallowtail Papilio demoleus sthenelus |
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| Chrysotricha Skipper or Golden-haired Sedge-skipper Hesperilla chrysotricha cyclospila |
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| Chrysotricha Skipper or Golden-haired Sedge-skipper Hesperilla chrysotricha leucosia |
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| Common Albatross or Yellow Albatross Appias paulina ega |
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| Common Brown Heteronympha merope merope |
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| Common Dusky-blue or Varied Dusky-blue Candalides hyacinthina hyacinthina |
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| Common Dusky-blue or Varied Dusky-blue Candalides hyacinthina josephina |
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| Common Dusky-blue or Varied Dusky-blue Candalides hyacinthina simplexa |
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| Common Eggfly or Varied Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina nerina |
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| Common Grass-blue or Grass Blue Zizina labradus labradus |
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| Common Imperial Blue or Imperial Hairsteak or Pale Imperial Blue Jalmenus evagoras evagoras |
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| Common Migrant or White Migrant Catopsilia pyranthe crokera |
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| Common Pencilled-blue or Pencilled Blue Candalides absimilis |
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| Copper Ant-blue or Cuprea Ant-blue Acrodipsas cuprea |
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| Copper Pencilled-blue or Cyprotus Blue Candalides cyprotus cyprotus |
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| Correa Brown or Orange Alpine Xenica Oreixenica correae |
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| Cynone Skipper or Mottled Grass-skipper Anisynta cynone grisea |
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| Cyril's Brown or Forest Brown Argynnina cyrila |
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| Dark Pencilled-blue or Consimilis Blue Candalides consimilis goodingi |
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| Dark-purple Azure Ogyris abrota |
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| Dingy Darter or Sedge Darter Telicota eurotas eurychlora |
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| Dingy Grass-dart or Dingy Dart Suniana lascivia lascivia |
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| Dingy Ring or Dusky Knight Ypthima arctous arctous |
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| Dingy Skipper or Large Dingy Skipper Toxidia peron |
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| Dingy Swallowtail or Small Citrus Butterfly Papilio anactus |
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| Dirphia Skipper or Large Brown Skipper or Tepper's Skipper Motasingha trimaculata trimaculata |
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| Dominula Skipper or Two-brand Grass-skipper Anisynta dominula drachmophora |
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| Donnysa Skipper or Varied Sedge-skipper Hesperilla donnysa delos |
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| Donnysa Skipper or Varied Sedge-skipper Hesperilla donnysa patmos |
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| Doubleday's Skipper or Lilac Grass-skipper Toxidia doubledayi |
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| Double-spotted Line-blue or Two-spotted Line-blue Nacaduba biocellata biocellata |
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| Dull Copper or Eltham Copper Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida |
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| Dull Copper or Eltham Copper Paralucia pyrodiscus pyrodiscus |
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| Dull-purple Azure or Olane Azure Ogyris olane ocela |
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| Dull-purple Azure or Olane Azure Ogyris olane olane |
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| Eastern Flat or Bronze Flat Netrocoryne repanda repanda |
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| Eastern Iris-skipper or Halyzia Skipper Mesodina halyzia halyzia |
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| Eliena Skipper or Orange Ochre Trapezites eliena |
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| Fiery Jewel Hypochrysops ignita ignita |
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| Flame Sedge-skipper or Flame Skipper Hesperilla idothea clara |
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| Flame Sedge-skipper or Flame Skipper Hesperilla idothea idothea |
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| Fringed Heath-blue or Fringed Blue Neolucia agricola agricola |
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| Glasswing or Small Greasy Acraea andromacha andromacha |
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| Golden Ant-blue Acrodipsas aurata |
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| Grassland Copper or Small Copper Lucia limbaria |
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| Green Grass-dart or Yellow-banded Dart Ocybadistes walkeri sothis |
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| Heath Ochre or Phigalia Skipper Trapezites phigalia phigalia |
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| Iacchoides Skipper or Silver-studded Ochre Trapezites iacchoides |
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| Ictinus Blue or Stencilled Hairstreak Jalmenus ictinus |
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| Imperial Jezebel or Imperial White Delias harpalyce |
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| Kershaw's Brown or Striped Xenica Oreixenica kershawi kershawi |
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| Kershaw's Brown or Striped Xenica Oreixenica kershawi kanunda |
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| Klug's Xenica or Marbled Xenica Geitoneura klugii klugii |
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| Large Bronze Azure Ogyris idmo halmaturia |
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| Large Citrus Butterfly or Orchard Butterfly or Orchard Swallowtail Papilio aegeus aegeus |
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| Lesser Wanderer Danaus chrysippus petilia |
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| Long-tailed Pea-blue or Pea Blue Lampides boeticus |
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| Macleay's Swallowtail Graphium macleayanus macleayanus |
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| Maheta Skipper or Southern Silver Ochre Trapezites praxedes |
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| Mallee Ochre or Sciron Skipper Trapezites sciron eremicola |
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| Meadow Argus Junonia villida calybe |
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| Monarch or Wanderer Danaus plexippus plexippus |
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| Montane Grass-skipper or Mountain Skipper Anisynta monticolae |
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| Montane Heath-blue or Mountain Blue Neolucia hobartensis hobartensis |
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| Montane Ochre or Phigalioides Skipper Trapezites phigalioides |
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| Montane Shield-skipper or Mountain Spotted Skipper or Mountain Painted Skipper Oreisplanus perornata |
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| Moonlight Jewel Hypochrysops delicia delos |
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| Narrow-winged Pearl-white Elodina padusa |
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| Nysa Jezebel or Yellow-spotted Jezebel Delias nysa nysa |
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| Orange Palm Dart Cephrenes augiades sperthias |
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| Orichora Brown or Spotted Alpine Xenica Oreixenica orichora orichora |
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| Painted Sedge-skipper or Painted Skipper Hesperilla picta |
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| Rare White-spot Skipper or Yellow Ochre Trapezites luteus luteus |
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| Rayed Blue Candalides heathi alpina |
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| Rayed Blue Candalides heathi heathi |
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| Red-spotted Jezebel or Wood White Delias aganippe |
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| Ringed Xenica or Eastern Ringed Xenica Geitoneura acantha ocrea |
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| Rock Ringlet Hypocysta euphemia |
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| Salt-bush Blue or Chequered Blue Theclinesthes serpentata serpentata |
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| Saltpan Blue or Samphire Blue Theclinesthes sulpitius sulpitius |
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| Satin Azure Ogyris amaryllis meridionalis |
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| Shouldered Brown Heteronympha penelope alope |
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| Shouldered Brown Heteronympha penelope maraia |
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| Shouldered Brown Heteronympha penelope sterope |
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| Silky Hairstreak Pseudalmenus chlorinda fisheri |
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| Silky Hairstreak Pseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrus |
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| Silver Sedge-skipper or Silvered Skipper Hesperilla crypsargyra lesouefi |
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| Silver Xenica or Common Silver Xenica Oreixenica lathoniella herceus |
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| Small Alpine Xenica or Alpine Silver Xenica Oreixenica latialis latialis |
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| Small Alpine Xenica or Alpine Silver Xenica Oreixenica latialis theddora |
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| Small Ant-blue Acrodipsas myrmecophila |
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| Small Bronze Azure or Small Brown Azure Ogyris otanes |
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| Small Grass-yellow Eurema smilax |
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| Solander's Brown Heteronympha solandri angela |
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| Solander's Brown Heteronympha solandri solandri |
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| Southern Purple Azure Ogyris genoveva araxes |
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| Southern Purple Azure Ogyris genoveva duaringa |
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| Splendid Ochre or Symmomus Skipper Trapezites symmomus soma |
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| Splendid Ochre or Symmomus Skipper Trapezites symmomus symmomus |
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| Spotted Brown Heteronympha paradelpha paradelpha |
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| Spotted Grass-blue or Dark Grass-blue Zizeeria karsandra |
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| Spotted Sedge-skipper or Spotted Skipper Hesperilla ornata ornata |
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| Sword-grass Brown or Varied Sword-grass Brown Tisiphone abeona albifascia |
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| Sword-grass Brown or Varied Sword-grass Brown Tisiphone abeona antoni |
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| Tailed Emperor Polyura sempronius sempronius |
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| Tasmanica Skipper or Two-spotted Grass-skipper Pasma tasmanica |
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| Wattle Blue Theclinesthes miskini miskini |
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| White Grass-dart or White-banded Grass-dart Taractrocera papyria papyria |
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| Wonder Brown Heteronympha mirifica |
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| Yellow Jewel Hypochrysops byzos hecalius |
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| Yellow Migrant Catopsilia gorgophone gorgophone |
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| Yellow Palm-dart Cephrenes trichopepla |
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| Yellow-spot Blue or Yellow-spotted Blue Candalides xanthospilos |
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