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

link to Flowers in Australia

Dioscorea bulbifera Air Potato Drummoyne, February 2007

Dioscorea transversa Australian Native Yam Wyee, September 2007

Plants in DIOSCOREACEAE are foodplants for a number of Butterfly and Moth caterpillars in Australia, including:

Tagiades japetus

Paralacydes maculifascia

Theretra nessus

Tiracola plagiata

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Australian butterflies

Plant Classes

Australian moths

(updated 30 August 2009)