Bauhinia family
CAESALPINIACEAE in Australia

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

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Bauhinia aculeata White Orchid Tree Sydney, September 2006	Bauhinia galpinii Pride of the Cape Sydney, September 2006	Bauhinia purpurea Purple Camel's Foot Brisbane, September 2006	Caesalpinia gilliesii Bird-of-Paradise Shrub Sydney, December 2006
Caesalpinia pulcherrima Barbados Pride Bali, September 1990	Cassia alata Ringworm Bush Sydney, January 2008	Cassia nemophila Desert Cassia Ouyen, Victoria Photo: courtesy of the Laura Levens	Delonix regia Royal Poinciana Bundaberg, December 2006
Gleditsia triacanthos Honey Locust Wyee, October 2008	Senna corymbosa Buttercup Bush Concord, November 2006	Senna spectabilis Common Cassia Wyee, March 2008	Tamarindus indica Tamarind Magnetic Island, January 2008 Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

A number of caterpillars of Butterflies and Moths in Australia feed on plants in CAESALPINIACEAE, including:

Catopsilia pyranthe	Catopsilia scylla	Catopsilia gorgophone	Catopsilia pomona	Eurema herla	Eurema smilax
Jalmenus icilius	Anthene lycaenoides	Pericyma cruegeri	Cryptophlebia ombrodelta	Thalaina angulosa	Stegasta variana

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Australian butterflies

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Australian moths

(updated 7 February 2012)