Daffodil Family: AMARYLLIDACEAE (LILIIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Amaryllis belladonna Naked Lady Wyee, February 2007	Clivia miniata Natal Lily University of Sydney, August 2006	Clivia nobilis Noble Lily Wyee, April 2007	Crinum pedunculatum Swamp Lily Sydney, October 2006
Hippeastrum Cultivar Knight's Star Concord, September 2006	Hymenocallis littoralis Spider Lily Wyee, February 2007	Leucojum vernum Spring Snowflakes Lidcombe, July 2006	Lycoris radiata Hurricane Lily Wyee, March 2007
Narcissus jonquilla Jonquil Concord, August 2007	Narcissus poeticus Narcissus Lidcombe, July 2006	Narcissus pseudonarcissus Wild Daffodil Lidcombe, July 2006	Nerine bowdenii Cape Flower Wyee, April 2007

Zephyranthes candida Zephyr Lily Wyee, March 2007

A number of caterpillars of Lepidoptera in Australia feed on plants in AMARYLLIDACEAE, including:

Spodoptera litura

Spodoptera picta

Proteuxoa tortisigna

Chelepteryx chalepteryx

Brithys crini

Calliteara pura

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 6 February 2012, 12 February 2024)